Relativistic anisotropic charged fluid spheres with varying cosmological constant

Abstract

Static spherically symmetric anisotropic source has been studied for the Einstein-Maxwell field equations assuming the erstwhile cosmological constant $\Lambda$ to be a space-variable scalar, viz., $\Lambda =\Lambda (r)$. Two cases have been examined out of which one reduces to isotropic sphere. The solutions thus obtained are shown to be electromagnetic in origin as a particular case. It is also shown that the generally used pure charge condition, viz., $\rho +p_r=0$ is not always required for constructing electromagnetic mass models.

15 pages, 3 eps figures