We explore an idea put forward many years ago by Zeldovich and Novikov concerning the existence of compact objects endowed with arbitrarily small mass. The energy density of such objects, which we call "ghost stars", is negative in some regions of the fluid distribution, producing a vanishing total mass. Thus, the interior is matched on the boundary surface to Minkowski space-time. Some exact analytical solutions are exhibited and their properties are analyzed. Observational data that could confirm or dismiss the existence of this kind of stellar object are discussed.
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Hong Kong Inst Vocat Educ, Dept Comp & Informat Management, Chaiwan, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaHong Kong Inst Vocat Educ, Dept Comp & Informat Management, Chaiwan, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
Mak, M. K.
Harko, T.
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UCL, Dept Math, London WC1E 6BT, EnglandHong Kong Inst Vocat Educ, Dept Comp & Informat Management, Chaiwan, Hong Kong, Peoples R China