Relativistic stellar modeling with perfect fluid core and anisotropic envelope fluid

Abstract

We investigate the effect of density perturbations and local anisotropy on the stability of stellar matter structures in general relativity using the concept of cracking. Adopting a core-envelope model of a super-dense star, we examine the properties and stability conditions by introducing anisotropic pressure to the envelope region. Furthermore, we propose self-bound compact stars with an anisotropic envelope as a potential progenitor for starquakes. We show how the difference between sound propagation in radial and tangential directions would be used to identify potentially stable regions within a configuration. Due to an increase in the anisotropic parameter, strain energy accumulates in the envelope region and becomes a potential candidate for building-up quake like situation. This stress-energy stored in the envelope region that would be released during a starquake of a self-bound compact star is computed as a function of the magnitude of anisotropy at the core-envelope boundary. Numerical studies for spherically asymmetric compact stars indicate that the stress energy can be as high as $$10^{50}$$ erg if the tangential pressure is slightly more significant than the radial pressure. It is happened to be of the same order as the energy associated with giant $$\gamma $$ -ray bursts. Thus, the present study will be useful for the correlation studies between starquakes and GRBs.