Jeans Instability in Non-Minimal Matter-Curvature Coupling Gravity

Understand

The weak field limit of the nonminimally coupled Boltzmann equation is studied, and relations between the invariant Bardeen scalar potentials are derived.

• The Jean's criterion for instabilities is found through the modified dispersion relation.
• Special cases are scrutinised and considerations on the model parameters are discussed for Bok globules.