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We study generalizations of Buchdahl's compactness limits for perfect-fluid star solutions of $D$-dimensional Einstein gravity coupled to higher-curvature corrections. We focus on Quasi-topological theories involving infinite towers of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-27 Pablo Bueno , Robie A. Hennigar , Ángel J. Murcia , Aitor Vicente-Cano

It is noteworthy that limiting compactness of a static bounded configuration is characterized by a general principle: \textit{one, by equipartition of mass between inside and outside, and the other by vanishing of energy inside.} The former…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-15 Naresh Dadhich

The Schwarzschild interior solution, when combined with the assumption of a finite central pressure, leads to the well-known Buchdahl bound. This bound establishes an upper limit on the mass-to-radius ratio of an object, which is equivalent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-25 Christian G. Boehmer , Naresh Dadhich , Surajit Das

A Buchdahl star is a highly compact star for which the boundary radius $R$ obeys $R=\frac98 r_+$, where $r_+$ is the gravitational radius of the star itself. A quasiblack hole is a maximum compact star, or more generically a maximum compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-09-17 José P. S. Lemos , Oleg B. Zaslavskii

One of the theoretical motivations behind the belief that black holes as described by general relativity exist in nature is that it is hard to find matter configurations that mimic their properties, especially their compactness. One of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-19 Julio Arrechea , Carlos Barceló , Gerardo García-Moreno , José Polo-Gómez

We introduce a rigorous and general framework to study systematically self-gravitating elastic materials within general relativity, and apply it to investigate the existence and viability, including radial stability, of spherically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-07 Artur Alho , José Natário , Paolo Pani , Guilherme Raposo

It is known that there exist theoretical limits on the mass of compact objects in general relativity. One is the Buchdahl limit for an object with an arbitrary equation-of-state that turns out to be the limit for an object with uniform…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-09 Edwin J. Son

In General Relativity, there exist two objects of limiting compactness, one with a null boundary defining the horizon of a black hole and the other with a timelike boundary defining a Buchdahl star. The two are characterized by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-28 Soumya Chakrabarti , Chiranjeeb Singha , Naresh Dadhich

Anisotropy is one factor that appears to be significantly important in the studies of relativistic compact stars. In this paper, we make a generalization of the Buchdahl limit by incorporating an anisotropic effect for a selected class of…

General Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 Ranjan Sharma , Arpita Ghosh , Soumik Bhattacharya , Shyam Das

We generalise the Buchdahl-Bondi limit for the case of static, spherically symmetric, relativistic compact stars immersed in Schwarzschild vacuum in f(R)-theory of gravity, subject to very generic regularity, thermodynamic stability and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-09-09 Rituparno Goswami , Sunil D. Maharaj , Anne Marie Nzioki

General relativity limits the compactness of static stars. If the pressure of the fluid is positive and the density decreases with distance from the center, the value of the circumferential radius of the star must be greater than (9/4) G…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jeremy S. Heyl

We show that the isentropic subclass of Buchdahl's exact solution for a gaseous relativistic star is stable and gravitationally bound for all values of the compactness ratio $u [\equiv (M/R)$, where $M$ is the total mass and $R$ is the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 P. S. Negi

We obtain the Buchdahl compactness limit for a pure Lovelock static fluid star and verify that the limit following from the uniform density Schwarzschild's interior solution, which is universal irrespective of the gravitational theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-06 Naresh Dadhich , Sumanta Chakraborty

The main aim of this paper is essentially to point out that the Buchdahl compactness limit of a static object is given by \it{gravitational field energy being less than or equal to half of its non-gravitational matter energy}. It is thus…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-29 Naresh Dadhich

How can a Schwarzschild-sized matter system avoid a fate of gravitational collapse? To address this question, we critically reexamine the arguments that led to the "Buchdahl bound", which implies that the minimal size of a stable, compact…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Ram Brustein , A. J. M. Medved

We present new anisotropic generalization of Buchdahl [1] type perfect fluid solution by using the method of earlier work [2]. In similar approach we have constructed the new pressure anisotropy factor ${\Delta}$ by the help both the metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-26 S. K. Maurya , Y. K. Gupta , Baiju Dayanandan , M. K. Jasim , Ahmed Al-Jamel

The so-called Buchdahl limit is not yet fully understood in the context of theories of gravity beyond the Einsteinian framework. In this investigation, we generalize this limit for the case of static, spherically-symmetric, relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-14 Raul Carpio Fernandez , Alvaro de la Cruz-Dombriz

Self-gravitating horizonless ultra-compact objects that possess light rings have attracted the attention of physicists and mathematicians in recent years. In the present compact paper we raise the following physically interesting question:…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-05 Shahar Hod

The Buchdahl star is the limiting compactness (which is indicated by sturation of the Buchdahl bound) object without horizon. It is in general defined by the potential felt by radially falling timelike particle, $\Phi(R) = 4/9$, in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-10 Naresh Dadhich

We derive upper and lower bounds on the mass-radius ratio of stable compact objects in extended gravity theories, in which modifications of the gravitational dynamics via-{\' a}-vis standard general relativity are described by an effective…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-10-05 Piyabut Burikham , Tiberiu Harko , Matthew J. Lake
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