Generating Interior Sources for the Reissner-Nordström Metric
Abstract
We study the Einstein-Maxwell equations for isotropic pressure distributions. We postulate a relationship between the electric field intensity and one of the gravitational potentials. An algorithm is developed that allows us to systematically generate new classes of exact solutions for charged relativistic stars. The solutions are expressed in terms of simple elementary functions; it is possible to parametrize the solutions so that different values of a constant allows us to tabulate the models. For a particular class it is possible to generate models without any integration. We study the qualitative features of a particular solution, and show that it is physically reasonable in the region of a spherical shell surrounding the centre.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Theoretical Physics
- Pub Date:
- March 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10773-013-1864-0
- Bibcode:
- 2014IJTP...53..759H
- Keywords:
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- Einstein-Maxwell equations;
- Charged fluids;
- Relativistic astrophysics