Mathematical Principles of Theoretical Physics

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400 CHAPTER 7. ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY


Comparing (7.1.25) with (7.1.15), we can obtain

b=

2 mG
c^2

.


Thus, we get the solution of (7.1.17) as


g 00 =−

(


1 −


2 mG
c^2 r

)


,


g 11 =

(


1 −


2 mG
c^2 r

)− 1


,


and the metric reads


(7.1.26) ds^2 =−


(


1 −


2 mG
c^2 r

)


c^2 dt^2 +

(


1 −


2 mG
c^2 r

)− 1


dr^2 +r^2 dθ^2 +r^2 sin^2 θdφ^2 ,

We have in particular
e−v=eu= 1 −
2 mG
c^2 r

.


which is called the Schwarzschild solution or metric.


TOV metric


The Schwarzschild metric (7.1.26) describes the exterior gravitational fields of a centrally
symmetric ball. For the interior gravitational fields, the metric is given by the TOV solution.
Letmbe the mass of a centrally symmetric ball, andRbe the radius of this ball. In the
interior of the ball, the variablersatisfies 0≤r<R.Let the ball be a static liquid sphere
consisting of idealized fluid, an approximation of stars. The energy-momentum tensor of an
idealized fluid is in the form


Tμ ν= (ρ+p)uμuν+pgμ ν,

wherepis the pressure,ρis the density, anduμis the 4-velocity. For a static fluid,uμis
given by


uμ=

1



−g 00

( 1 , 0 , 0 , 0 ).


Hence, the (1,1)-type of the energy-momentum tensor is in the form


Tμν=





−c^2 ρ 0 0 0
0 p 0 0
0 0 p 0
0 0 0 p




.


The Einstein gravitational field equations of an interior ball read

(7.1.27)


Rνμ−

1


2


δμνR=−

8 πG
c^4
Tμν,

DνTμν= 0.
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