Gravastar: An alternative to black hole
Saibal Ray, Rikpratik Sengupta, Himanshu Nimesh
Abstract
In this work, we review thoroughly the origin, development and present status of gravastar which has been thought to be an alternative to black hole along with its future feasibility in the sense of astrophysical observation. The Mazur–Mottola model of the gravastar is introduced first followed by a review of its generalizations within the context of general relativity including physical applications like primordial and cylindrical gravastars. The study of gravastar in higher- and lower-dimensional general relativity (GR) including the higher-dimensional theories with physical insight like the Randall–Sundrum model is presented. The gravastar models in a number of modified gravity models starting from [Formula: see text] to Rastall–Rainbow gravity have been reviewed.