Result: A geometric approach to the classification of the equilibrium shapes of self-gravitating fluids

Title:
A geometric approach to the classification of the equilibrium shapes of self-gravitating fluids
Source:
Communications in mathematical physics. 267(1):93-115
Publisher Information:
Heidelberg: Springer, 2006.
Publication Year:
2006
Physical Description:
print, 65 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Academic journal Article
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1043, United States
Departamento de Fisica Teónca II, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
ISSN:
0010-3616
Rights:
Copyright 2006 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Mathematics

Theoretical physics
Accession Number:
edscal.18088047
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

The classification of the equilibrium shapes that a self-gravitating fluid can take in a Riemannian manifold is a classical problem in Mathematical Physics. In this paper it is proved that the equilibrium shapes are isoparametric submanifolds. Some geometric properties of them are also obtained, e.g. classification and existence for some Riemannian spaces and relationship with the isoperimetric problem and the group of isometries of the manifold. Our approach to the problem is geometrical and allows to study the equilibrium shapes on general Riemannian spaces.