2009/02/01 by S. Thirukkanesh, S. D. Maharaj
Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Differential Geometry Research #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.3076901
published as J. Math. Phys. 50: 022502, 2009 · 15 pages, to appear in J. Math. Phys
openalex publication_date 2009/02/01 · arxiv created 2009/02/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We study the gravitational behavior of a spherically symmetric radiating star when the fluid particles are in geodesic motion. We transform the governing equation into a simpler form which allows for a general analytic treatment. We find that Bernoulli, Ricatti, and confluent hypergeometric equations are possible. These admit solutions in terms of elementary functions and special functions. Particular models contain the Minkowski space-time and the Friedmann dust space-time as limiting cases. Our infinite family of solutions contains specific models found previously. For a particular metric we briefly investigate the physical features, derive the temperature profiles, and plot the behavior of the casual and acasual temperatures.