Published November 15, 2010 | Version v1
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High-order perturbations of a spherical collapsing star

  • 1. Theoretical Astrophysics, Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen, 72076 Tuebingen (Germany)
  • 2. Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai - CSIC-IEEC, Campus UAB, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain, Theoretical Astrophysics 350-17, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Mississippi, University, Mississippi 38677 (United States)
  • 3. Theoretisch-Physikalisches Institut, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany and Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 121-123, 28006 Madrid (Spain) and Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, CNRS, 98bis Boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris, France, Laboratoire Univers et Theories, CNRS, Universite Paris Diderot, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France and Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Serrano 121-123, 28006 Madrid (Spain)

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A formalism to deal with high-order perturbations of a general spherical background was developed in earlier work [D. Brizuela, J. M. Martin-Garcia, and G. A. Mena Marugan, Phys. Rev. D 74, 044039 (2006); D. Brizuela, J. M. Martin-Garcia, and G. A. Mena Marugan, Phys. Rev. D 76, 024004 (2007)]. In this paper, we apply it to the particular case of a perfect fluid background. We have expressed the perturbations of the energy-momentum tensor at any order in terms of the perturbed fluid's pressure, density, and velocity. In general, these expressions are not linear and have sources depending on lower-order perturbations. For the second-order case we make the explicit decomposition of these sources in tensor spherical harmonics. Then, a general procedure is given to evolve the perturbative equations of motions of the perfect fluid for any value of the harmonic label. Finally, with the problem of a spherical collapsing star in mind, we discuss the high-order perturbative matching conditions across a timelike surface, in particular, the surface separating the perfect fluid interior from the exterior vacuum.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 104039-104039.21
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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