Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2016) 131: 360
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2016-16360-7

Regular Article

Gravitational collapse in repulsive gravity

Department of Physics, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O. Box 19395-3697, Tehran, Iran

^* e-mail: m.fathi@shargh.tpnu.ac.ir

Received: 25 July 2016
Accepted: 18 September 2016
Published online: 19 October 2016

Abstract

In this paper we work out collapsing conditions for a spherical star in the weak field limit of the gravity and discuss the importance of the parameter μ to generate different criteria in the theory. Such criteria are proved to be resulting in a variety of different fates for the evolution of the outer shells of stars. Furthermore, we investigate the special case of violating the first junction condition and point out corresponding contradictions to the normal cases. These results show that the consistency of the theory of gravity with the common astrophysical predictions relies highly on the adoption of the parameter μ and satisfaction/violation of the first junction condition. For those anomalous results, further observational attempts are mandatory.