Scale invariant elastic stars in General Relativity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2024-04-05 v2
Abstract
We present a model of relativistic elastic stars featuring scale invariance. This implies a linear mass-radius relation and the absence of a maximum mass. The most compact spherically symmetric configuration that is radially stable and satisfies all energy and causality conditions has a slightly smaller radius than the Schwarzschild light ring radius. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first material compact object with such remarkable properties in General Relativity, which makes it a unique candidate for a black-hole mimicker.
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@article{arxiv.2306.16584,
title = {Scale invariant elastic stars in General Relativity},
author = {Artur Alho and José Natário and Paolo Pani and Guilherme Raposo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.16584},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
v2: Published version. 8 pages, 3 figures. Minor changes to the discussion. Inclusion of Fig.3 and appendix