Maximum mass of a barotropic spherical star
Abstract
The ratio of total mass to surface radius of spherical perfect fluid ball has an upper bound, . Buchdahl obtained under the assumptions; non-increasing mass density in outward direction, and barotropic equation of states. Barraco and Hamity decreased the Buchdahl's bound to a lower value by adding the dominant energy condition to Buchdahl's assumptions. In this paper, we further decrease the Barraco-Hamity's bound to by adding the subluminal (slower-than-light) condition of sound speed. In our analysis, we solve numerically Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations, and the mass-to-radius ratio is maximized by variation of mass, radius and pressure inside the fluid ball as functions of mass density.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1503.01517,
title = {Maximum mass of a barotropic spherical star},
author = {Atsuhito Fujisawa and Hiromi Saida and Chul-Moon Yoo and Yasusada Nambu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.01517},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
14pages, 3figures. Accepted for Publication in Class.Quant.Grav