Mass and topology of a static stellar model

Author:

Maria Andrade, Benedito Leandro, Thamara Policarpo

Keyword:

Mathematics, Differential Geometry, Differential Geometry (math.DG), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)

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date:

2023-10-20 16:00:00

Abstract

This study investigates the topological implications arising from stable (free boundary) minimal surfaces in a static perfect fluid space while ensuring that the fluid satisfies certain energy conditions. Based on the main findings, it has been established the topology of the level set $\{f=c\}$ (the boundary of a stellar model), where $c$ is a positive constant and $f$ is the static potential of a static perfect fluid space. We prove a non-existence result of stable free boundary minimal surfaces in a static perfect fluid space. A lower bound for the Hawking mass of $\{f=c\}$ in a compact static vacuum space with a non-null cosmological constant is obtained. An identity involving the Hawking and Brown-York mass for the level set $\{f=c\}$ was derived for a non-compact static perfect fluid space. We dedicate a section to revisit the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff solution, an important procedure for producing static stellar models. We will present a static stellar model inspired by Witten's black hole (or Hamilton's cigar).

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