Newtonian and General Relativistic models of spherical shells – II

Author: Vogt D.   Letelier P. S.  

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISSN: 0035-8711

Source: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol.406, Iss.4, 2010-08, pp. : 2689-2700

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Abstract

ABSTRACTA family of potential–density pairs that represent spherical shells with finite thickness is obtained from the superposition of spheres with finite radii. Other families of shells with infinite thickness with a central hole are obtained by inversion transformations of spheres and of the finite shells. We also present a family of double shells with finite thickness. All potential–density pairs are analytical and can be stated in terms of elementary functions. For the above-mentioned structures, we study the circular orbits of test particles and their stability with respect to radial perturbations. All examples presented are found to be stable. A particular isotropic form of a metric in spherical coordinates is used to construct a General Relativistic version of the Newtonian families of spheres and shells. The matter of these structures is anisotropic, and the degree of anisotropy is a function of the radius.