Influence of f(R, T, Q) gravity on cylindrical collapse

This article examines the dynamics of gravitational collapse in f (R, T, Q) gravity, where Q = RabTab. We consider self-gravitating anisotropic cylindrical geometry whose interior is filled with dissipative matter configuration and match it with exterior cylindrically symmetric spacetime at the hypersurface through junction conditions. We employ the Misner-Sharp and Muler-Israel-Stewart formalisms to derive the dynamical as well as transport equations corresponding to the model R + Phi root T + Psi Q, where Phi and Psi are arbitrary coupling constants. We then establish some relations between these equations through which the impact of effective matter variables, heat dissipation and the bulk viscosity on the collapse rate is studied. Further, we express the Weyl scalar in terms of the effective matter sector. We also obtain the conformal flatness by applying some restrictions on the considered model and taking dust configuration into the account. Finally, we investigate various cases to check whether the modified corrections increase or decrease the collapse rate.