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Intersections of self-gravitating charged shells in a Reissner-Nordstrom field

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-01-06 v3

Abstract

We describe the equation of motion of two charged spherical shells with tangential pressure in the field of a central Reissner-Nordstrom (RN) source. We solve the problem of determining the motion of the two shells \textsl{after} the intersection by solving the related Einstein-Maxwell equations and by requiring a physical continuity condition on the shells velocities. We consider also four applications: post-Newtonian and ultra-relativistic approximations, a test-shell case, and the ejection mechanism of one shell. This work is a direct generalization of Barkov-Belinski-Bisnovati-Kogan paper.

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@article{arxiv.0812.2406,
  title  = {Intersections of self-gravitating charged shells in a Reissner-Nordstrom field},
  author = {Marco Pizzi and Armando Paolino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.2406},
  year   = {2010}
}

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21 pages, 1 figure;v3 added references