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On Spherically Symmetric Solutions of the Einstein-Euler Equations

Analysis of PDEs 2016-06-08 v9

Abstract

We construct spherically symmetric solutions to the Einstein-Euler equations, which give models of gaseous stars in the framework of the general theory of relativity. We assume a realistic barotropic equation of state. Equilibria of the spherically symmetric Einstein-Euler equations are given by the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equations, and time periodic solutions around the equilibrium of the linearized equations can be considered. Our aim is to find true solutions near these time-periodic approximations. Solutions satisfying so called physical boundary condition at the free boundary with the vacuum will be constructed using the Nash-Moser theorem. This work also can be considered as a touchstone in order to estimate the universality of the method which was originally developed for the non-relativistic Euler-Poisson equations.

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@article{arxiv.1410.1234,
  title  = {On Spherically Symmetric Solutions of the Einstein-Euler Equations},
  author = {Tetu Makino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.1234},
  year   = {2016}
}
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