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We generalize Birkhoff's Theorem in the following fashion. We find necessary and sufficient conditions for any spherically symmetric space-time to be static in terms of the eigenvalues of the stress-energy tensor. In particular, we…

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We generalise the covariant Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations proposed in arXiv:1709.02818 [gr-qc] to the case of static and spherically symmetric spacetimes with anisotropic sources. The extended equations allow a detailed analysis of…

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Very compact stars seem to be forbidden in General Relativity. While Buchdahl's theorem sets an upper bound on compactness, further no-go results rely on the existence of two light rings, the inner of which has been associated to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-11 Ignacio A. Reyes , Giovanni Maria Tomaselli

We investigate the properties of relativistic star spheres made of an electrically charged incompressible fluid, generalizing, thus, the Schwarzschild interior solution. The investigation is carried by integrating numerically the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-11 José D. V. Arbañil , José P. S. Lemos , Vilson T. Zanchin

We construct spherically symmetric solutions to the Einstein-Euler equations, which contains a positive cosmological constant, say, the Einstein-Euler-de Sitter equations. We assume a realistic barotropic equation of state. Equilibria of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-06-11 Tetu Makino

We continue the study of "dynamical gravastars", constructed by solving the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations with relativistic matter, undergoing a phase transition at high pressure to a state with negative energy density. We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-18 Stephen L. Adler , Brent Doherty

We report on a three--month research project for undergraduate students about the mass-radius relation of compact stars. The equation of state used is constrained at low densities by well-established equations of state of the nuclear phase…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jean Macher , Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich

Based on a stringy inspired Gauss-Bonnet (GB) modification of classical gravity, we constructed a model for neutron stars. We derived the modified forms of Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equations for a generic function of $f(G)$ gravity.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-07 D. Momeni , R. Myrzakulov

Equilibrium states in galactic dynamics can be described as stationary solutions of the Vlasov-Poisson system, which is the non-relativistic case, or of the Vlasov-Einstein system, which is the relativistic case. To obtain spherically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Gerhard Rein , Alan D. Rendall

The Buchdahl limit for static spherically symmetric isotropic stars is generalised to the case of five dimensional Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Our result depends on the sign of the Gauss-Bonnet coupling constant $\alpha$. When $\alpha>0$, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-21 Matthew Wright

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…

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First-order phase transitions (FOPTs) in cold neutron stars (NSs) have been extensively studied and have provided valuable insights into the behavior of the densest matter visible in our Universe, although a strong consensus has yet to…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-11-12 Bao-Jun Cai , Bao-An Li , Yu-Gang Ma

This study explores singularity-free solutions to the static, spherical symmetric Einstein equations with the standard Schwarzschild solution as a boundary condition. Imposing the absence of curvature singularities and requiring…

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We investigate relativistic spherically symmetric static perfect fluid models in the framework of the theory of dynamical systems. The field equations are recast into a regular dynamical system on a 3-dimensional compact state space,…

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The Einstein vacuum equations on an (n+1)-dimensional toroidal manifold $\mathbb{M}^{n+1}=\mathbb{T}^{n}\times\mathbb{R}^{+}$ reduce to a system of n-dimensional nonlinear ODEs in terms of the set of toroidal radii $(a_{i})_{i=1}^{n}$ or…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-09-15 Steven D Miller

Static, spherically symmetric solutions representing stars made of barotropic perfect fluid are studied in the context of two theories of type-II minimally modified gravity, VCDM and VCCDM. Both of these theories share the property that no…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-25 Antonio De Felice , Shinji Mukohyama , Masroor C. Pookkillath

Many stellar configurations, including white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes, supermassive stars, and star clusters, rely on relativistic effects. The Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff (TOV) equation of the polytropic gas sphere is ultimately a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-31 Mohamed S. Aboueisha , Mohamed I. Nouh , Emad A-B. Abdel-Salam. Tarek M. Kamel , Mohamed M. Beheary , Kamel A. K. Gadallah

We derive the analog of the Tolman - Oppenheimer - Volkoff equation in conformal Killing gravity in a static spherically symmetric spacetime, sourced by anisotropic fluid matter. It differs from the original equation by new dark terms…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-01 Carlo Alberto Mantica , Luca Guido Molinari

We express the Einstein-Vlasov system in spherical symmetry in terms of a dimensionless momentum variable $z$ (radial over angular momentum). This regularises the limit of massless particles, and in that limit allows us to obtain a reduced…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-01-04 Carsten Gundlach

In this paper, we establish the asymptotic stability of the steady-state for a 1-D stochastic Euler-Poisson equations with Ohmic contact boundary conditions forced by the Wiener process. We utilize Banach's fixed point theorem and the a…

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