119343322
Electrically charged compact stars and formation of charged black holes
We study the effect of electric charge in compact stars assuming that the charge distribution is proportional to the mass density. The pressure and the density of the matter inside the stars are large, and the gravitational field is intense. This indicates that electric charge and a strong electric field can also be present. The relativistic hydrostatic equilibrium equation, i.e., the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation, is modified in order to include electric charge. We perform a detailed numerical study of the effect of electric charge using a polytropic equation of state. We conclude that in order to see any appreciable effect on the phenomenology of the compact stars, the electric fields have to be huge $(\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{21}$ V/m), which implies that the total charge is $Q\ensuremath{\sim}{10}^{20}$ Coulomb. From the local effect of the forces experienced on a single charged particle, it is expected that each individual charged particle is quickly ejected from the star. This in turn produces a huge force imbalance, and the gravitational force overwhelms the repulsive Coulomb and fluid pressure forces. The star can then collapse to form a charged black hole before all the charge leaves the system.
10219702
Stability of strange stars (SS) derived from a realistic equation of state.
A realistic EOS (equation of state) leads to strange stars (ReSS) which are compact in the mass–radius (M–R) plot, close to the Schwarzschild limiting line.1 Many of the observed stars fit in with this kind of compactness, irrespective of whether they are X-ray pulsars, bursters or soft γ repeaters or even radio pulsars. We point out that a change in the radius of a star can be small or large, when its mass is increasing and this depends on the position of a particular star on the M–R curve. We carry out a stability analysis against radial oscillations and compare with the EOS of other SS models. We find that the ReSS is stable and an M–R region can be identified to that effect.
119362075
Strange stars at finite temperature
We calculate strange star properties, using large Nc approximation with built-in chiral symmetry restoration (CSM). We used a relativistic Hartree Fock meanfield approximation method, using a modified Richardson potential with two scale parameters Λ and Λ', to find a new set of equation of state (EOS) for strange quark matter. We take the effect of temperature (T) on gluon mass, in addition to the usual density dependence, and find that the transition T from hadronic matter to strange matter is 80 MeV. Therefore formation of strange stars may be the only signal for formation of QGP with asymptotic freedom (AF) and CSM.
8136121
Chromo-thermal instabilities and collapse of quark stars to black holes Astrophysical Implications
We have studied the effects of temperature on the properties of strange stars. We find that the maximum mass of the strange star decreases with the increase of temperature, because at high temperatures the equation of states become softer. Moreover, if the temperature of a strange star increases keeping its baryon number fixed, its gravitational mass increases and radius decreases which leads to a limiting temperature where it turns into a black hole. These features of strange stars is a combined effect of change of gluon mass and the quark distribution function with temperature. We have discovered a new kind of radial oscillations of strange stars driven by what we named chromo-thermal instability. This instability and the related radial oscillations of the star is inherent to strange quark matter making strange stars even more exotic than neutron stars within astrophysical context. In particular, we discuss the relevance of our findings in the astrophysics of core collapse supernovae and gamma ray bursts. Subject headings: compact object – neutron star – strange star – black hole – GRB – afterglow
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Compact strange stars with a medium dependence in gluons at finite temperature
Aims. The possible existence of strange stars in the universe will help in the understanding of various properties of quantum chromodynamics, like asymptotic freedom and chiral symmetry restoration, which is otherwise very difficult to prove in laboratory experiments. Methods. Strange star properties were calculated using large color approximation with built-in chiral symmetry restoration. A relativistic Hartree Fock calculation was performed using the Richardson potential as an interquark interaction. This potential has the asymptotic freedom and a confinement-deconfinement mechanism built into it and the present calculation employs an application of this potential with modified two scale parameters Λ and $\Lambda^{\prime}$, to find a new set of equations of state for strange quark matter. The linear confinement string tension from lattice calculations is 350 MeV and the Coulomb -like part has the parameter 100 MeV from deep inelastic scattering experiments. We also consider the effect of temperature, on gluon mass in a simple way, in addition to the usual density dependence, Results. We obtained a set of new equation of states for strange quark matter and also found that the transition temperature from hadronic matter to strange matter is at 80 MeV, close to the 100 MeV estimated in literature. Conclusions. Formation of strange stars may be the only signal for formation of quark-gluon plasma with asymptotic freedom and chiral symmetry restoration and this may be observable through many processes – such as for example through delayed γ ray afterglow.
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CMB power spectrum estimation with non-circular beam and incomplete sky coverage
118470157
Charged anisotropic matter with linear or nonlinear equation of state
Ivanov pointed out substantial analytical difficulties associated with self-gravitating, static, isotropic fluid spheres when pressure explicitly depends on matter density. Simplifications achieved with the introduction of electric charge were noticed as well. We deal with self-gravitating, charged, anisotropic fluids and get even more flexibility in solving the Einstein-Maxwell equations. In order to discuss analytical solutions we extend Krori and Barua's method to include pressure anisotropy and linear or nonlinear equations of state. The field equations are reduced to a system of three algebraic equations for the anisotropic pressures as well as matter and electrostatic energy densities. Attention is paid to compact sources characterized by positive matter density and positive radial pressure. Arising solutions satisfy the energy conditions of general relativity. Spheres with vanishing net charge contain fluid elements with unbounded proper charge density located at the fluid-vacuum interface. Notably the electric force acting on these fluid elements is finite, although the acting electric field is zero. Net charges can be huge (10{sup 19}C) and maximum electric field intensities are very large (10{sup 23}-10{sup 24} statvolt/cm) even in the case of zero net charge. Inward-directed fluid forces caused by pressure anisotropy may allow equilibrium configurations with larger net charges and electricmore » field intensities than those found in studies of charged isotropic fluids. Links of these results with charged strange quark stars as well as models of dark matter including massive charged particles are highlighted. The van der Waals equation of state leading to matter densities constrained by cubic polynomial equations is briefly considered. The fundamental question of stability is left open.« less
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Static charged fluid in (2 + 1)-dimensions admitting conformal Killing vectors
New solutions for (2 + 1)-dimensional Einstein–Maxwell spacetime are found for a static spherically symmetric charged fluid distribution with the additional condition of allowing conformal Killing vectors (CKV). We discuss physical properties of the fluid parameters. Moreover, it is shown that the model actually represents two structures, namely (i) Gravastar as an alternative of black hole and (ii) Electromagnetic Mass model depending on the nature of the equation of state of the fluid. Here the gravitational mass originates from electromagnetic field alone. The solutions are matched with the exterior region of the Banados–Teitelboim–Zanelli (BTZ) type isotropic static charged black hole as a consequence of junction conditions. We have shown that the central charge density is dependent on the value of M0, the conserved mass of the BTZ black hole. This, in turn, depends on the black hole event horizon which again is related to the Hawking radiation temperature of a BTZ black hole. Thus, one may have a clu...
117757665
Equation of state for asymmetric nuclear matter with infinite-order summation of ring diagrams
The particle-particle hole-hole ring-diagram summation method is employed to obtain the equation of state of asymmetric nuclear matter over a wide range of asymmetry fraction. Compared with Brueckner Hartree-Fock and model-space Brueckner Hartree-Fock calculations, this approach gives a softer equation of state, increased symmetry energy and a lower value for the incompressibility modulus which agrees quite well with the values used in the hydrodynamical model for the supernovae explosion.
119293098
Variable Equation of State for Generalized Dark Energy Model
We present a model for the present accelerating Universe and focus on the different important physical variables involved in the model under the phenomenological assumption Λ∝H2 with a prescription for equation of state parameter in the form $\omega(t)=\omega_{0}+\frac{\omega_{1}\tau}{t^{2}}$, where ω0 and ω1 are two constants and τ is a parameter having dimension of time t2. General expressions for the density parameter Ω and deceleration parameter q are obtained which under specific bound reproduce some of the previous results. We explore physical features of these parameters which (i) provide the scenario of complete evolution of the cosmos with ω(t) and (ii) agree mostly with the observational status of the present phase of the accelerating Universe.
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Periodicity of ~155 days in solar electron fluence
In this paper we have investigated the occurrence rate of high energetic(E>10 MeV) solar electron flares measured by IMP-8 spacecraft of NASA for solar cycle 21 (June, 1976 to August, 1986) first time by three different methods to detect periodicities accurately. Power-spectrum analysis confirms a periodicity ~155 days which is in consistent with the result of Chowdhury and Ray (2006), that "Rieger periodicity" was operated throughout the cycle 21 and it is independent on the energy of the electron fluxes.