Lie symmetries of junction conditions for radiating stars.
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2011
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We consider shear-free radiating spherical stars in general relativity. In particular we study the junction condition relating the pressure to the heat
flux at the boundary of the star. This is a nonlinear equation in the metric functions. We analyse the junction condition when the spacetime is conformally flat, and when the particles are travelling in geodesic motion. We transform the governing equation using the method of Lie analysis. The Lie symmetry generators that leave the equation invariant are identifed
and we generate the optimal system in each case. Each element of the optimal system is used to reduce the partial differential equation to an ordinary differential equation which is further analysed. As a result, particular solutions to the junction condition are presented. These exact solutions can be presented in terms of elementary functions. Many of the solutions found are new and could be useful in the modelling process. Our analysis is the first comprehensive treatment of the boundary condition using a symmetry approach. We have shown that this approach is useful in generating new results.
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Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2011.
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Lie groups., Symmetry (Physics), Differential equations--Numerical solutions., Space and time., Theses--Mathematics., Stars.