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Non-existence of expansion-free dynamical stars with rotation and spatial twist

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2020-05-13 v1

Abstract

Extending a previous work by the same authors, we investigate the existence of expansion-free dynamical stars with non-zero spatial twist and rotation and show that such stars cannot exist. Firstly, it is shown that a rotating expansion-free dynamical star with zero twist cannot exist. This is due to the fact that such stars cannot radiate and they are shear-free, in which case the energy density ρ\rho is time independent. Secondly, we prove that a non-rotating expansion-free dynamical star with non-zero spatial twist also cannot exist, as either the strong energy condition must be violated, i.e. ρ+3p<0\rho+3p<0, or the star must be shear-free in which case the star is static (Θ=Ω=Σ=0\Theta=\Omega=\Sigma=0). Finally, if we insist that the rotation and spatial twist are simultaneously non-zero, then the star cannot be shear-free in which case we obtain a quadratic polynomial equation in ϕ\phi and Σ\Sigma with no real solutions. Therefore such stars cannot exist.

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@article{arxiv.2004.02057,
  title  = {Non-existence of expansion-free dynamical stars with rotation and spatial twist},
  author = {Abbas Sherif and Rituparno Goswami and Sunil D. Maharaj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.02057},
  year   = {2020}
}

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