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Anisotropic charged core envelope star

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We study a charged compact object with anisotropic pressures in a core envelope setting. The equation of state is quadratic in the core and linear in the envelope. There is smooth matching between the three regions: the core, envelope and the Reissner-Nordström exterior. We show that the presence of the electric field affects the masses, radii and compactification factors of stellar objects with values which are in agreement with previous studies. We investigate in particular the effect of electric field on the physical features of the pulsar PSR J1614-2230 in the core envelope model. The gravitational potentials and the matter variables are well behaved within the stellar object. We demonstrate that the radius of the core and the envelope can vary by changing the parameters in the speed of sound.

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P. Mafa Takisa thanks the National Research Foundation and the University of KwaZulu-Natal for financial support. S.D. Maharaj acknowledges that this work is based upon research supported by the South African Research Chair Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and the National Research Foundation.

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Mafa Takisa, P., Maharaj, S.D. Anisotropic charged core envelope star. Astrophys Space Sci 361, 262 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-016-2840-y

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