An approximate global solution of Einstein's equations for a differentially rotating compact body

DOI10.1007/S10714-017-2297-5zbMATH Open1380.83056arXiv1702.05908OpenAlexW3106135552MaRDI QIDQ1694166FDOQ1694166

Authors: Alfred Molina, E. Ruiz 

Publication date: 1 February 2018

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain an approximate global stationary and axisymmetric solution of Einstein's equations which can be thought as a simple star model: a self-gravitating perfect fluid ball with a differential rotation motion pattern. Using the post--Minkowskian formalism (weak field approximation) and considering rotation as a perturbation (slow rotation approximation), we find approximate interior and exterior (asymptotically flat) solutions to this problem in harmonic coordinates. Interior and exterior solutions are matched, in the sense of Lichnerowicz, on the surface of zero pressure to get a global solution. The resulting metric depends on four arbitrary constants: mass density, rotational velocity at $r=0$, a parameter which takes into account of the change in the rotational velocity through the star and the star radius in the non-rotation limit. The mass, angular momentum, quadrupole moment and other constants of the exterior metric are determined in terms of these four parameters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.05908

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zbMATH Keywords

differential rotationanalytic post-Minkowskian solutionsglobal axisymmetric and stationary solutions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C15) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

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