Generalized Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi solutions with pressure

P. D. Lasky and A. W. C. Lun
Phys. Rev. D 74, 084013 – Published 12 October 2006

Abstract

Utilizing the ADM equations, we derive a metric and reduced field equations describing a general, spherically symmetric perfect fluid. The metric describes both the interior perfect fluid region and exterior vacuum Schwarzschild spacetime in a single coordinate patch. The exterior spacetime is in generalized Painleve-Gullstrand coordinates which is an infinite class of coordinate systems. In the static limit the system reduces to a Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation on the interior with the exterior in Schwarzschild coordinates. We show the coordinate transformation for the nonstatic cases to comoving coordinates, where the metric is seen to be a direct generalization of the Lemaitre-Tolman-Bondi spacetime to include pressures.

  • Received 8 September 2006

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.74.084013

©2006 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

P. D. Lasky* and A. W. C. Lun

  • Centre for Stellar and Planetary Astrophysics School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University Wellington Rd, Melbourne 3800, Australia

  • *Electronic address: paul.lasky@sci.monash.edu.au
  • Electronic address: anthony.lun@sci.monash.edu.au

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Vol. 74, Iss. 8 — 15 October 2006

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