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Spherically symmetric relativistic stars with the polytropic equation of state, which possess the local pressure anisotropy, are considered in the context of general relativity. The modified Lane-Emden equations are derived for the special…
Polytropic models play a very important role in galactic dynamics and in the theory of stellar structure and evolution. However, in general, the solution of the Lane-Emden equation can not be given analytically but only numerically. In the…
Spherically symmetric relativistic stars with the polytropic equation of state (EoS), which possess the local pressure anisotropy, are considered within the framework of general relativity. The generalized Lane-Emden equations are derived…
A general formalism developed few years ago to model polytropic Newtonian stars with anisotropic pressure is applied to model stars for which, both, radial and tangential pressure satisfy polytropic equations of state. We obtain the…
The aim of this study is to construct a simple stellar model with non-uniform polytropic index. We find that the Emden equation cannot deal with the polytrope gas sphere with non-uniform polytropic index in a real star, and then we…
This paper examines the general formalism and applications of isotropic as well as anisotropic polytropic stars in curvature-matter coupled gravity. For this purpose, we consider static spherical and Schwarzschild spacetimes in the interior…
In this paper Einstein's field equations, for static spherically symmetric perfect fluid models with a linear barotropic equation of state, are recast into a 3-dimensional regular system of ordinary differential equations on a compact state…
To approximately compute the non-relativistic ground state of an electrically non-neutral star, an exactly solvable model was recently introduced, and partly solved, by Krivoruchenko, Nadyozhin, and Yudin. The model generalizes the…
We study electrically charged compact stars in the framework of extended theory of gravity (ETG). We assume that the charge density is proportional to the energy density. The polytropic equation of state is chosen to describe the state of…
We study the structure of static spherical stars made up of a non-relativistic polytropic fluid in linearized higher-curvature theories of gravity (HCG). We first formulate the modified Lane-Emden (LE) equation for the stellar profile…
We study the static stellar equilibrium configurations ofuncharged and charged spheres composed by a relativistic polytropic fluid, and compare with those of spheres composed by a non-relativistic polytropic fluid, the later case already…
The so-called "global polytropic model" is based on the assumption of hydrostatic equilibrium for the solar system, or for a planet's system of statellites (like the jovian system), described by the Lane-Emden differential equation. A…
We study the effect of electric charge in compact stars assuming that the charge distribution is proportional to the mass density. The pressure and the density of the matter inside the stars are large, and the gravitational field is…
We consider static charged fluid spheres with a cosmological constant. We assume a polytropic equation of state, $p \propto \rho^\Gamma$, and a power law charge distribution, $q\propto r^n$. Using this, we convert the generalised…
A new model of charged compact star is reported by solving the Einstein-Maxwell field equations by choosing a suitable form of radial pressure. The model parameters $\rho$, $p_r$, $p_{\perp}$ and $E^{2}$ are in closed form and all are well…
We experimentally determine the equation of state of a laser cooled gas. By employing the Lane-Emden formalism, widely used in astrophysics, we derive the equilibrium atomic profiles in large magneto optical traps where the thermodynamic…
The modified Lane-Emden equation for stellar hydrostatic equilibrium in f(R)-gravity is numerically solved by using an iterative procedure. Such an integro-differential equation can be obtained in the weak field limit approximation of…
We present a spherically symmetric solution of the general relativistic field equations in isotropic coordinates for charged fluid with pressure anisotropy, compatible with a super dense star modeling. Further, we have constructed an…
The Einstein-Maxwell equations with anisotropic pressures and electromagnetic field are studied with a polytropic equation of state. New exact solutions to the field equations are generated in terms of elementary functions. Special cases of…
The equation of state inside very compact objects like neutron stars is still largely unkown. Even though a lot progress has been made in recent years to develop the so-called realistic equations of state, a lot of insight can be gained by…