Spherically symmetric static solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations

We report a new formalism to obtain solutions of Einstein-Maxwell’s equations for static spheres assuming the matter content to be a charged perfect fluid of null-conductivity. Defining three new variablesu=4πεr ²,ν=4πpr ^{2 2} andw=(4π/3)(ρ+ε)r ² whereε, ρ andε denote respectively energy densities of the electric, matter and free gravitational fields whereasp is the fluid pressure, Einstein’s field equations are rewritten in an elegant form. The solutions given by Bonnor [1], Nduka [2], Cooperstock and De la Cruz [3], Mehra [4], Tikekar [5,6], Xingxiang [7], Patino and Rago [8] are all shown to possess simple relations betweenu, v, andw whereas Pant and Sah’s [9] solution for which all the three functions,u, v, andw are constants is a trivial case of the present formalism, We have presented six new solutions with ε = 2ρ. For the first three solutionsw andu are constants withv as a variable whereas the remaining three solutions satisfy the equation of state for isothermal gas;v =kw =-ku where (i)k is an arbitrary constant but not equal to 1 or 1/3 (ii)k = 1 and (iii)k = 1/3. We also obtained a generalization of Cooperstock and De la Cruz’s [3] solution which is regular for 2ρ > ε but singular for 2ρ ≤ ε.