Static uniform-density stars must be spherical in general relativity

DOI10.1063/1.528033zbMath0641.76139MaRDI QIDQ3783036

Lee Lindblom

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.528033

zbMATH Keywords

uniqueness; static solutions; Einstein's equation; asymptotically flat space-time; isolated uniform- density perfect-fluid stellar models; spatially compact world tube; uniform-density perfect fluid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C55: Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.)

76Y05: Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics

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