Published October 15, 2006 | Version v1
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Generalized Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi solutions with pressure

  • 1. Centre for Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University Wellington Rd, Melbourne 3800 (Australia)

Description

Utilizing the ADM equations, we derive a metric and reduced field equations describing a general, spherically symmetric perfect fluid. The metric describes both the interior perfect fluid region and exterior vacuum Schwarzschild spacetime in a single coordinate patch. The exterior spacetime is in generalized Painleve-Gullstrand coordinates which is an infinite class of coordinate systems. In the static limit the system reduces to a Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation on the interior with the exterior in Schwarzschild coordinates. We show the coordinate transformation for the nonstatic cases to comoving coordinates, where the metric is seen to be a direct generalization of the Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi spacetime to include pressures

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 084013-084013.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38039226
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COORDINATES; COSMOLOGY; FIELD EQUATIONS; IDEAL FLOW; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; SPACE-TIME; TRANSFORMATIONS
Descriptors DEC
EQUATIONS; FLUID FLOW; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; STEADY FLOW

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