119265074
Central density dependent anisotropic compact stars
Stars can be treated as a self-gravitating fluid. In this connection, we propose a model for an anisotropic star under the relativistic framework of Krori and Barua (J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 8:508, 1975) spacetime. It is shown that the solutions are regular and singularity free. The uniqueness of the model is that interior physical properties of the star solely depend on the central density of the matter distribution.
14301959
Do Solar System Tests Permit Higher Dimensional General Relativity?
We perform a survey whether higher dimensional Schwarzschild space-time is compatible with some of the solar system phenomena. As a test we examine four well known solar system effects, viz., (1) Perihelion shift, (2) Bending of light, (3) Gravitational redshift, and (4) Gravitational time delay. It is shown, under a N-dimensional solutions of Schwarzschild type very narrow class of metrics, that the results related to all these physical phenomena are mostly incompatible with the higher dimensional version of general relativity. We compare all these restricted results with the available data in the literature.
15353496
Large Number Hypothesis: A Review
Large dimensionless numbers, arising out of ratios of various physical constants, intrigued many scientists, especially Dirac. Relying on the coincidence of large numbers, Dirac arrived at the revolutionary hypothesis that the gravitational constant $G$ should vary inversely as the cosmic time $t$. This hypothesis of Dirac, known as Large Number Hypothesis (LNH), sparked off many speculations, arguments and new ideas in terms of applications. Works done by several authors with LNH as their basic platform are reviewed in this work. Relationship between some of those works are pointed out here. Possibility of time-variations of physical constants other than $G$ are also discussed.
117429531
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.
197530993
Generalized Model for Lambda Dark Energy
119257399
The (2+1)-dimensional charged gravastars
Abstract This is a continuation and generalization of our earlier work on gravastar in ( 2 + 1 ) anti-de Sitter space–time to ( 2 + 1 ) -dimensional solution of charged gravastar. Morphologically this gravastar contains three regions, namely: (i) charged interior, (ii) charged shell and (iii) electrovacuum exterior. We have studied different characteristics in terms of Length and Energy, Entropy, and Junction conditions of the spherical charged distribution. It is shown that the present model of charged gravastar is non-singular and represents itself an alternative of black hole.
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.
201043837
ORIGIN AND INTERPRETATION OF KILOHERTZ QPOS FROM STRANGE STARS IN X-RAY BINARY SYSTEM : THEORETICAL HYDRODYNAMICAL DESCRIPTION
We model and interpret the Kilohertz QPOs from the hydrodynamical description of accretion disk around a rapidly rotating compact strange star. The higher QPO frequency is described by the viscous effects of accretion disk leading to shocks, while the lower one is taken to be the Keplerian motion of the accreting matter. Comparing our results with the observations for two of the fastest rotating compact stellar candidates namely, 4U 1636−53 and KS 1731−260, we find that they match to a very good approximation, thus interpreting them as strange stars. Subject headings: accretion, accretion disks — hydrodynamics — shock waves — stars: neutron — stars: individual (4U 1636-53, KS 1731-260) — X-rays: binaries
14472580
Strange stars and superbursts at near-Eddington mass accretion rates
Careful assessment of four good superburst candidates for GX 17+2 reveals that superburst is possible at near Eddington mass accretion rates. For the other seven stars, where superburst is found, there is the standard model of burning accumulated carbon from normal type I bursts of the accreting stars. However, there is the need for carbon, nitrogen and oxygen mass fraction (Z_{CNO}) which must be larger than Z_{CNO,\odot}, where the latter refers to the standard value found in the sun. Also it is very difficult to incorporate GX 17+2 into the standard picture of superbursts. In case of superbursts from strange stars, arising from broken quark pairs going over to diquarks at the surface of the star, these problems do not arise. Furthermore there is a natural explanation for the large value of ~ 1000 for \alpha which is defined in the literature as the ratio of energy released between normal bursts to the energy released during the normal burst. In the scenario for superbursts in strange stars it may be argued that the relatively smaller value of \alpha of ~ 440 indicates frequent recurrence of superbursts which is reflected in 4U 1636-53.
119346899
ELECTRICALLY CHARGED COMPACT STARS
We review here the classical argument used to justify the electrical neutrality of stars and show that if the pressure and density of the matter and gravitational field inside the star are large, then a charge and a strong electric field can be present. For a neutron star with high pressure (~ 10^{33} to 10^{35} dynes /cm^2) and strong gravitational field (~ 10^{14} cm/s^2), these conditions are satisfied. The hydrostatic equation which arises from general relativity, is modified considerably to meet the requirements of the inclusion of the charge. In order to see any appreciable effect on the phenomenology of the neutron stars, the charge and the electrical fields have to be huge (~ 10^{21} Volts/cm). These stars are not however stable from the viewpoint that each charged particle is unbound to the uncharged particles, and thus the system collapses one step further to a charged black hole
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.