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In an earlier analysis it was demonstrated that general relativity gives higher values of surface tension in strange stars with quark matter than neutron stars. We generate the modified Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation to incorporate anisotropic matter and use this to show that pressure anisotropy provides for a wide range of behaviour in the surface tension than is the case with isotropic pressures. In particular, it is possible that anisotropy drastically decreases the value of the surface tension.
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Sharma, R., Maharaj, S.D. On surface tension for compact stars. J Astrophys Astron 28, 133–138 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-007-0010-x
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