Spherically symmetric elasticity in relativity

The relativistic theory of elasticity is reviewed within the spherically symmetric context with a view towards the modelling of star interiors possessing elastic properties such as the ones expected in neutron stars. Emphasis is placed on generality in the main sections of the paper, and the results...

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Published inJournal of physics. Conference series Vol. 229; no. 1; p. 012026
Main Authors Carot, J, Brito, I, Vaz, E G L R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2010
Subjects
Elastic properties
Elasticity
Neutron stars
Physics
Relativistic theory
Relativity
Stellar models
Symmetry
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Summary:The relativistic theory of elasticity is reviewed within the spherically symmetric context with a view towards the modelling of star interiors possessing elastic properties such as the ones expected in neutron stars. Emphasis is placed on generality in the main sections of the paper, and the results are then applied to specific examples. Along the way, a few general results for spacetimes admitting isometries are deduced, and their consequences are fully exploited in the case of spherical symmetry relating them next to the the case in which the material content of the spacetime is some elastic material. This paper extends and generalizes the pioneering work by Magli and Kijowski [1], Magli [2] and [3], and complements, in a sense, that by Karlovini and Samuelsson in their interesting series of papers [4], [5] and [6].
ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/229/1/012026