Properties of collapse dynamics in relativistic theory of gravitation in the case of smooth initial matter distributions

Abstract

We use both numerical and analytical approaches to study the dynamics of the gravitational collapse in the framework of the relativistic theory of gravitation (RTG). We use various equations of state for the collapsing matter and relatively realistic initial conditions with smooth matter distribution, which corresponds to static solution for the given equation of state. We also obtain results concerning the influence of the graviton mass on the properties of static solutions. We specify several characteristics of the process of the collapse, in particular, we determine the dependence of the turning point time (when contraction is replaced by inflation) on the graviton mass. We also study the influence of non-zero pressure on the dynamics of the collapse.