In this paper we study the isotropic cases of static charged fluid spheres in general relativity. For this purpose we consider two different specialization and under these we solve the Einstein-Maxwell field equations in isotropic coordinates. The analytical solutions thus we obtained are matched to the exterior Reissner-Nordström solutions which concern with the values for the metric coefficients e ν and e µ . We derive the pressure, density, pressure-to-density ratio at the centre of the charged fluid sphere and boundary R of the star. Our conclusion is that static charged fluid spheres provide a good connection to compact stars.
In this article, Einstein-Maxwell space-time has been considered in connection to some of the astrophysical solutions as previously obtained by Tolman (1939) and Bayin (1978). The effect of inclusion of charge into these solutions has been investigated thoroughly and also the nature of fluid pressure and mass density throughout the sphere have been discussed. Mass-radius and mass-charge relations have been derived for various cases of the charged matter distribution. Two cases are obtained where perfect fluid with positive pressures give rise to electromagnetic mass models such that gravitational mass is of purely electromagnetic origin.
In a static spherically symmetric Einstein-Maxwell spacetime the class of
astrophysical solution found out by Ray and Das (2002) and Pant and Sah (1979)
are revisited here in connection to the phenomenological relationship between
the gravitational and electromagnetic fields. It is qualitatively shown that
the charged relativistic stars of Tolman (1939) and Bayin (1978) type are of
purely electromagnetic origin. The existence of this type of astrophysical
solutions is a probable extension of Lorentz's conjecture that electron-like
extended charged particle possesses only `electromagnetic mass' and no
`material mass'.Comment: Accepted for publication in the MNRA
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