Decoupled charged anisotropic spherical solutions in Rastall gravity

This paper uses the gravitational decoupling through the minimal geometric deformation approach and extends a known isotropic solution for a self-gravitating interior to two types of anisotropic spherical solutions in Rastall gravity in the presence of electromagnetic field. By deforming only the radial metric component, the field equations are decoupled into two sets, the first of which corresponds to an isotropic distribution of matter while the second set contains the anisotropic source. We obtain a solution of the first set by employing the charged isotropic Finch-Skea ansatz, whereas a solution for the second set is obtained by adopting two mimic constraints on the pressure and density. The matching conditions at the stellar surface are explored with the exterior geometry given by the deformed Reissner–Nordström spacetime. For the two fixed values of the Rastall and charge parameters, we investigate physical features of both solutions through graphical analysis of the energy conditions, equation of state parameters, surface redshift and compactness function. The stability of both solutions is also studied through the Herrera cracking approach and causality condition. We deduce that while both solutions are physically viable, only the solution corresponding to the pressure-like constraint is stable.