scholarly journals Singular hypersurfaces and thin shells in general relativity

1967 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Israel
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Thin Shells

scholarly journals The theory of spherically symmetric thin shells in conformal gravity

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (06) ◽  
pp. 1841012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Berezin ◽  
Vyacheslav Dokuchaev ◽  
Yury Eroshenko
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Weyl Tensor ◽  
Delta Function ◽  
Einstein Gravity ◽  
Riemann Tensor ◽  
Momentum Tensor ◽  
Thin Shells ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Gravitational Fields ◽  
Gravitational Theories

The spherically symmetric thin shells are the nearest generalizations of the point-like particles. Moreover, they serve as the simple sources of the gravitational fields both in General Relativity and much more complex quadratic gravity theories. We are interested in the special and physically important case when all the quadratic in curvature tensor (Riemann tensor) and its contractions (Ricci tensor and scalar curvature) terms are present in the form of the square of Weyl tensor. By definition, the energy–momentum tensor of the thin shell is proportional to Diracs delta-function. We constructed the theory of the spherically symmetric thin shells for three types of gravitational theories with the shell: (1) General Relativity; (2) Pure conformal (Weyl) gravity where the gravitational part of the total Lagrangian is just the square of the Weyl tensor; (3) Weyl–Einstein gravity. The results are compared with these in General Relativity (Israel equations). We considered in detail the shells immersed in the vacuum. Some peculiar properties of such shells are found. In particular, for the traceless ([Formula: see text] massless) shell, it is shown that their dynamics cannot be derived from the matching conditions and, thus, is completely arbitrary. On the contrary, in the case of the Weyl–Einstein gravity, the trajectory of the same type of shell is completely restored even without knowledge of the outside solution.

scholarly journals Repeated crossing of two concentric spherical thin-shells with charge

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (07) ◽  
pp. 1850064 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Habib Mazharimousavi ◽  
M. Halilsoy
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Cosmological Constant ◽  
Body Motion ◽  
Thin Shells

Interaction/collision of two concentric spherical thin-shells of linear fluid resulting in collapse has been considered recently. We show that addition of finely tuned electric charges on the shells apart from the cosmological constant serves to delay the collapse indefinitely, yielding an ever colliding system of two concentric fluid shells. Given the finely tuned charges, this provides an example of a perpetual two-body motion in general relativity.

scholarly journals Stability of spherically symmetric timelike thin-shells in general relativity with a variable equation-of-state

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 1750158 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Habib Mazharimousavi ◽  
M. Halilsoy ◽  
S. N. Hamad Amen
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Surface Energy ◽  
Thin Shell ◽  
Minkowski Spacetime ◽  
Thin Shells ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Surface Energy Density ◽  
Variable Equation

We study spherically symmetric timelike thin-shells in [Formula: see text]-dimensional bulk spacetime with a variable equation-of-state for the fluid presented on the shell. In such a fluid, the angular pressure [Formula: see text] is a function of both surface energy density [Formula: see text] and the radius [Formula: see text] of the thin-shell. Explicit cases of the thin shells connecting two nonidentical cloud of strings spacetimes and a flat Minkowski spacetime to the Schwarzschild metric are investigated.

scholarly journals BAROTROPIC THIN SHELLS WITH LINEAR EOS AS MODELS OF STARS AND CIRCUMSTELLAR SHELLS IN GENERAL RELATIVITY

1999 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 549-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
KONSTANTIN G. ZLOSHCHASTIEV
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Thin Shells ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Equilibrium Configurations ◽  
Barotropic Fluids ◽  
Circumstellar Shells ◽  
Relativistic Models ◽  
The Stability

The spherically symmetric thin shells of the barotropic fluids with the linear equation of state are considered within the frameworks of general relativity. We study several aspects of the shells as completely relativistic models of stars, first of all the neutron stars and white dwarfs, and circumstellar shells. The exact equations of motion of the shells are obtained. Also we calculate the parameters of the equilibrium configurations, including the radii of static shells. Finally, we study the stability of the equilibrium shells against radial perturbations.

Thin shells in general relativity and cosmology: The lightlike limit

1991 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 1129-1142 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Barrabès ◽  
W. Israel
Keyword(s):  
General Relativity ◽  
Thin Shells
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