15882822
Entropy & viscosity bound of strange stars
At finite temperature (T) there is a link with general relativity and hydrodynamics that leads to a lower bound for the ratio of shear viscosity and entropy density (\eta/s). We find that the bound is saturated in the simple model for quark matter that we use for strange stars at T = 80 MeV, at the surface of a strange star. At this T we have the possibility of cosmic separation of phases. We find that, although strongly correlated, the quark matter at the surface of strange stars constitute the most perfect interacting fluid permitted by nature. At the centre of the star, however, the density is higher and conditions are more like the results found for perturbative QCD.
119301631
Some simple models for quark stars
We find two new classes of exact solutions for the Einstein-Maxwell equations. The solutions are obtained by considering charged anisotropic matter with a linear equation of state consistent with quark stars. The field equations are integrated by specifying forms for the measure of anisotropy and a gravitational potential which are physically reasonable. The solutions found generalize the Mark-Harko model and the Komathiraj-Maharaj model. A graphical analysis indicates that the matter variables are well behaved.
197508300
CMB power spectrum estimation with non-circular beam and incomplete sky coverage
119326057
General relativistic effects of strong magnetic fields on the gravitational force: a driving engine for bursts of gamma rays in SGRs?
In general relativity all forms of energy contribute to gravity and not only just ordinary matter as in Newtonian Physics. This fact can be seen in the modified hydrostatic equilibrium equation for relativistic stars pervaded by magnetic (B) fields. It has an additional term coupled to the matter part as well as an anisotropic term which is purely of magnetic origin. That additional term coming from the pressure changed by the radial component of the diagonal electromagnetic field tensor, weakens the gravitational force when B is strong enough and can even produce an unexpected change in the attractive nature of the force by reversing its sign. In an extreme case, this new general relativistic (GR) effect can even trigger an instability in the star as a consequence of the sudden reversal of the hydrostatic pressure gradient. We suggest here that this GR effect may be the possible central engine driving the transient giant outbursts observed in Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters (SGRs). In small regions of the neutron star (NS), strong magnetic condensation can take place. Beyond a critical limit, these highly magnetised bubbles may explode releasing the trapped energy as a burst of -rays of � 10 36 40 erg.
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.
582356
SCENARIOS OF COSMIC STRING WITH A VARIABLE COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT
Exact solutions to the Einstein field equations with cosmic string and a space-varying cosmological constant, viz. Λ = Λ(r), in the energy–momentum tensors are presented. Three cases have been studied: the variable cosmological constant (1) has power law dependence, (2) is proportional to the string fluid density, and (3) is purely a constant. Some cases of interesting physical consequences have been found where (i) the variable cosmological constant can be represented by a power law of the type Λ = 3r-2, (ii) the variable cosmological constant and the cosmic string density are interdependent according to the relation Λ = -8πρs, and (iii) the cosmic string density can be scaled by a power law of the type ρs = r-2. It is also shown that several known solutions can be recovered from the general form of the solutions obtained here.
118443406
Strange stars in Krori–Barua space-time
The singularity free space-time metric obtained by Krori and Barua (J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 8:508, 1975) satisfies the physical requirements of a realistic star. Consequently, we explore the possibility of applying the Krori and Barua model to describe ultra-compact objects like strange stars. For it to become a viable model for strange stars, bounds on the model parameters have been obtained. Consequences of a mathematical description to model strange stars have been analyzed.
119307073
Anisotropic strange star with de Sitter spacetime
Stars can be treated as self-gravitating fluid. Krori and Barua (J. Phys. A., Math. Gen. 8:508, 1975) gave an analytical solution to that kind of fluids. In this connection, we propose a de Sitter model for an anisotropic strange star with the Krori–Barua spacetime. We incorporate the existence of the cosmological constant on a small scale to study the structure of anisotropic strange stars and come to the conclusion that this doping is very well compatible with the well-known physical features of strange stars.
119231587
Five Dimensional Cosmological Models in General Relativity
A five dimensional Kaluza-Klein space-time is considered in the presence of a perfect fluid source with variable G and Λ. An expanding universe is found by using a relation between the metric potential and an equation of state. The gravitational constant is found to decrease with time as G∼t−(1−ω) whereas the variation for the cosmological constant follows as Λ∼t−2, $\Lambda \sim (\dot{R}/R)^{2}$ and $\Lambda \sim \ddot{R}/R$ where ω is the equation of state parameter and R is the scale factor.
197509585
Oscillatory Universe, dark energy equation of state and general relativity
The concept of oscillatory Universe appears to be realistic and buried in the dynamic dark energy equation of state. We explore its evolutionary history under the frame work of general relativity. We observe that oscillations do not go unnoticed with such an equation of state and that their effects persist later on in cosmic evolution. The `classical' general relativity seems to retain the past history of oscillatory Universe in the form of increasing scale factor as the classical thermodynamics retains this history in the form of increasing cosmological entropy.