The Stability of Stars with Potential-Dependent Masses
Abstract
We calculate the effective mass of a spherical star-like object under the assumption that the mass of an object represents a function of the gravitational potential in which it occurs. We show that due to this mass-dependence on the gravitational potential, it is not possible that a star of a larger mass than that of a neutron star shrinks to a point singularity. We present the value of the upper limits to the mass of spherical mass bodies as a function of their radii in a large range of their mass densities.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- October 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00645565
- Bibcode:
- 1990Ap&SS.172..147M
- Keywords:
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- Gravitational Collapse;
- Gravitational Effects;
- Stellar Mass;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Neutron Stars;
- Relativistic Theory;
- Astrophysics