Non-adiabatic spherical collapse with a two-fluid atmosphere

Abstract

In this work we present an exact model of a spherically symmetric star undergoing dissipative collapse in the form of a radial heat flux. The interior of the star is matched smoothly to the generalised Vaidya line element representing a two-fluid atmosphere comprising null radiation and a string fluid. The influence of the string density on the thermal behaviour of the model is investigated by employing a causal heat transport equation of Maxwell-Cattaneo form.