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Einstein field equations for anisotropic spheres are solved and exact interior solutions obtained. This paper extends earlier treatments to include anisotropic models which accommodate a wider variety of physically viable energy densities.…

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

We introduce a new approach to a century old assumption which enhances not only planetary interior calculations but also high pressure material physics. We show that the polytropic index is the derivative of the bulk modulus with respect to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 S. P. Weppner , J. P. McKelvey , K. D. Thielen , A. K. Zielinski

We discuss the standard Lane-Emden formalism as well as the one related to the slowly rotating objects. It is preceded by a brief introduction of different forms of the polytropic equation of state. This allows to study a wide class of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-12 Aneta Wojnar

We obtain a class of anisotropic spherically symmetric relativistic solutions of compact objects in hydrostatic equilibrium in the $f(R,T) =R+2\chi T$ modified gravity, where $R$ is the Ricci scalar, $T$ is the trace of the energy momentum…

General Physics · Physics 2020-09-18 S. Dey , A. Chanda , B. C. Paul

We investigate the stability of self-gravitating spherically symmetric anisotropic spheres under radial perturbations. We consider both the Newtonian and the full general-relativistic perturbation treatment. In the general-relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Krsna Dev , Marcelo Gleiser

We present the first astrophysical measurement of the pressure of cold matter above nuclear saturation density, based on recently determined masses and radii of three neutron stars. The pressure at higher densities are below the predictions…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2010-12-28 Feryal Ozel , Gordon Baym , Tolga Guver

It is shown how the well-known formula for the gravitational energy of self-gravitating regular polytropes of finite mass can be obtained in an elementary way by using Gauss's divergence theorem and the Chandrasekhar virial tensor, without…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-15 Luca Ciotti

The equations of state for a characteristic spacetime are studied in the context of the spherically symmetric interior exact and analytical solutions in Horava gravity and Einstein-aether theory in which anisotropic fluids are considered.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-06 Daniele Vernieri

Axions and axion-like particles are a leading model for the dark matter in the Universe; therefore, dark matter halos may be boson stars in the process of collapsing. We examine a class of static boson stars with a non-minimal coupling to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-22 Jeremy Heyl , Matthew W. Choptuik , David Shinkaruk

We investigate the spacetime of anisotropic stars admitting conformal motion. The Einstein field equations are solved using different ansatz of the surface tension. In this investigation, we study two cases in details with the anisotropy…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-12-15 Farook Rahaman , Mubasher Jamil , Mehedi Kalam , Kaushik Chakraborty , Ashis Ghosh

We find new exact solutions to the Einstein-Maxwell field equations which are relevant in the description of highly compact stellar objects. The relativistic star is charged and anisotropic with a quark equation of state. Exact solutions of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-04 D. Kileba Matondo , S. D. Maharaj

Neutron stars provide a natural laboratory for studying the properties of dense nuclear matter under extreme conditions. In this proceeding, we review our current understanding of dense isospin symmetric and asymmetric matter and neutron…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-01 Rajesh Kumar , Veronica Dexheimer , Johannes Jahan

Using the Bower-Liang model, we discuss how pressure anisotropies affect the microscopic and macroscopic properties of hybrid stars. We find that anisotropies affect the maximum mass, central density, and radius of the canonical stars.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-16 Luiz L. Lopes , H. C. Das

We recall the generalization of the Feynman-Metropolis-Teller approximation for a compressed atom using a relativistic Fermi-Thomas model. These results within a Wigner-Seitz approximation lead to a new equation of state for white dwarfs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Remo J. Ruffini

We study the effects of anisotropic pressure on the properties of spherically symmetric, gravitationally bound objects. We consider the full general relativistic treatment of this problem and obtain exact solutions for various form of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Krsna Dev , Marcelo Gleiser

We study the Einstein-Maxwell system of equations in spherically symmetric gravitational fields for static interior spacetimes. The condition for pressure isotropy is reduced to a recurrence equation with variable, rational coefficients. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 S. Thirukkanesh , S. D. Maharaj

In this work, we have made a systematic study of how the gravitational wave frequency of the fundamental mode from compact stars is affected by anisotropic effects using realistic equations of state. Our study is an extension of the seminal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-03-19 Elvis J. Aquino Curi , Luis B. Castro , Cesar V. Flores , César H. Lenzi

As we know, the effect of strong magnetic field causes the anisotropy for the magnetized compact objects. Therefore, in this paper, we have studied the structure properties of anisotropic case of magnetized neutron star. We have derived the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-04 Gholam Hossein Bordbar , Mohammad Karami

Understanding the dense matter equation of state at extreme conditions is an important open problem. Astrophysical observations of neutron stars promise to solve this, with NICER poised to make precision measurements of mass and radius for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-20 S. K. Greif , G. Raaijmakers , K. Hebeler , A. Schwenk , A. L. Watts

We build slowly rotating anisotropic neutron stars using the Hartle-Thorne formalism, employing three distinct anisotropy models--Horvat, Bowers-Liang, and a covariant model--to characterize the relationship between radial and tangential…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-04-24 L. M. Becerra , E. A. Becerra-Vergara , F. D. Lora-Clavijo