On the Spherical Symmetry of Perfect-Fluid Stellar Models in General Relativity
Date Issued
December 1, 2012
Author(s)
Brewer, Joshua M
Advisor(s)
Alex Freire
Additional Advisor(s)
Morwen Thistlethwaite
Henry Simpson
Abstract
It is well known in Newtonian theory that static self-gravitating perfect fluids in a vacuum are necessarily spherically symmetric. The necessity of spherical symmetry of perfect-fluid static spacetimes with constant density in general relativity is shown.
Degree
Master of Science
Major
Mathematics
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