Minimally deformed anisotropic stars by gravitational decoupling in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity

Abstract

Abstract In this article, we develop a theoretical framework to study compact stars in Einstein gravity with the Gauss–Bonnet (GB) combination of quadratic curvature terms. We mainly analyzed the dependence of the physical properties of these compact stars on the Gauss–Bonnet coupling strength. This work is motivated by the relations that appear in the framework of the minimal geometric deformation approach to gravitational decoupling (MGD-decoupling), we establish an exact anisotropic version of the interior solution in Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity. In fact, we specify a particular form for gravitational potentials in the MGD approach that helps us to determine the decoupling sector completely and ensure regularity in interior space-time. The interior solutions have been (smoothly) joined with the Boulware–Deser exterior solution for 5D space-time. In particular, two different solutions have been reported which comply with the physically acceptable criteria: one is the mimic constraint for the pressure and the other approach is the mimic constraint for density. We present our solution both analytically and graphically in detail.