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We study the gravitational behaviour of a spherically symmetric radiating star when the fluid particles are in geodesic motion. We transform the governing equation into a simpler form which allows for a general analytic treatment. We find…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Thirukkanesh , S. D. Maharaj

We investigate the behaviour of a relativistic spherically symmetric radiative star with an accelerating, expanding and shearing interior matter distribution in the presence of anisotropic pressures. The junction condition can be written in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 S. Thirukkanesh , S. S. Rajah , S. D. Maharaj

We analyze the general model of a radiating star in general relativity. A group analysis of the under determined, nonlinear partial differential equation governing the model's gravitational potentials is performed. This analysis is an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-04 R. Mohanlal , S. D. Maharaj , A. K. Tiwari , R. Narain

We model the behaviour of a relativistic spherically symmetric shearing fluid undergoing gravitational collapse with heat flux. It is demonstrated that the governing equation for the gravitational behaviour is a Riccati equation. We show…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 S. S. Rajah , S. D. Maharaj

In order to study the type of collapse, mentioned in the title, we introduce a physically meaningful object, called the horizon function. It directly enters the expressions for many of the stellar characteristics. The main junction…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-23 B. V. Ivanov

We systematically analyze the nonlinear partial differential equation that determines the behaviour of a bounded radiating spherical mass in general relativity. Four categories of solution are possible. These are identified in terms of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-04 S. D. Maharaj , A. K. Tiwari , R. Mohanlal , R. Narain

We study the junction condition relating the pressure to the heat flux at the boundary of a shearing and expanding spherically symmetric radiating star when the fluid particles are travelling in geodesic motion. The Lie symmetry generators…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 G. Z. Abebe , S. D. Maharaj , K. S. Govinder

We examine some debated points in current discussions about rotating stars: the shape, the gravity darkening, the critical velocities, the mass loss rates, the hydrodynamical instabilities, the internal mixing and N--enrichments. The study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Andre Maeder , Georges Meynet

We introduce a physically important object, called the horizon function, in the study of geodesic collapse. It is closely related to the stellar characteristics and satisfies a simple Riccati equation. This equation is integrated and all of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-20 B. V. Ivanov

A systematic analysis of the junction condition, relating the radial pressure with the heat flow in a shear-free relativistic radiating star, is undertaken. This is a highly nonlinear partial differential equation in general. We obtain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-31 G. Abebe , S. D. Maharaj , K. S. Govinder

Outcomes of numerical relativity simulations of massive core collapses or binary neutron star mergers with moderate masses suggest formations of rapidly and differentially rotating neutron stars. Subsequent fall back accretion may also…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Koji Uryu , Antonios Tsokaros , Luca Baiotti , Filippo Galeazzi , Keisuke Taniguchi , Shin'ichirou Yoshida

The gravitational dynamics of a collapsing matter configuration which is simultaneously radiating heat flux is studied in $f(R)$ gravity. Three particular functional forms in $f(R)$ gravity are considered to show that it is possible to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-04-05 Ayan Chatterjee , Suresh C. Jaryal

We consider the general case of an accelerating, expanding and shearing model of a radiating relativistic star using Lie symmetries. We obtain the Lie symmetry generators that leave the equation for the junction condition invariant, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-23 G. Z. Abebe , S. D. Maharaj , K. S. Govinder

We study the of motion of a spinning, dilating particle with hadronic properties moving on a generic geometric background including curvature, torsion, and nonmetricity. In particular, we discuss generalized spin supplementary conditions…

General Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 Damianos Iosifidis

This thesis aims at improving our understanding of the strong-field regime of gravity, where deviations from General Relativity (GR) are expected to be found on theoretical grounds. In particular, we have been concerned with the formulation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-08 Adrián Casado-Turrión

The dynamics and spontaneous organization of coupled particles is a classic problem in modeling and applied mathematics. Here we examine the behavior of particles coupled by the Ricker potential, exhibiting finite local repulsion…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2025-11-21 David Sabin-Miller , Daniel M. Abrams

In a recent approach in modelling a radiating relativistic star undergoing gravitational collapse the role of the Weyl stresses was emphasised. It is possible to generate a model which is physically reasonable by approximately solving the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S D Maharaj , M Govender

We study the radiated energy by a scalar particle moving on a circular orbit (smeared in the extra dimension) in the spacetime of a topological star, extending a previous study [Phys. Rev. D {\bf 110}, 084077 (2024)]. We discuss motion in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-02 Massimo Bianchi , Donato Bini , Giorgio Di Russo

Thanks to significant improvements in high-resolution spectrographs and the launch of dedicated space missions MOST, CoRoT and Kepler, the number of subgiants and red-giant stars with detected oscillations has increased significantly over…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 S. Hekker , A. Mazumdar

We model the gravitational behaviour of a radiating star when the exterior geometry is the generalised Vaidya spacetime. The interior matter distribution is shear-free and undergoing radial heat flow. The exterior energy momentum tensor is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-12 S. D. Maharaj , G. Govender , M. Govender
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