Structure and evolution of self-gravitating objects and the orthogonal splitting of the Riemann tensor

By L. Herrera, J. Ospino, A. Prisco, E. Fuenmayor, O. Troconis. 2009

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The full set of equations governing the structure and the evolution of self-gravitating spherically symmetric dissipative fluids with anisotropic stresses is written down in terms of five scalar quantities obtained from the orthogonal splitting of the Riemann tensor, in the context of general relativity. It is shown that these scalars are directly related to fundamental properties of the fluid distribution, such as energy density, energy density inhomogeneity, local anisotropy of pressure, dissipative flux, and the active gravitational mass. It is also shown that in the static case, all possible solutions to Einstein equations may be expressed explicitly through these scalars. Some solutions are exhibited to illustrate this point.

Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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