Pure radiation stars ($w=1/3$)

(Some of this is probably in the literature.)

Preamble

TOV equations for a perfect fluid with constant $w$

The equation of state is $$ p = w \rho $$ with $w$ constant. Change variables: $$ x = 4\pi G r^2 \rho \qquad y = \frac{Gm}{r} $$ The TOV equations for $m$ and $p$ become $$ r\frac{dx}{dr} = 2x \frac{1-(2+c)y- c wx}{1-2y} \qquad r\frac{dy}{dr} = x-y \qquad c = \frac12 \left(1+\frac{1}{w}\right) $$ The right hand sides are independent of $t$. The TOV equations are the flow equations for a vector field in the $x$, $y$ plane.

The fixed point

There is a fixed point at $$ x_\infty = y_\infty = \frac{2w}{w^2+6w+1} $$ The linearized flow near the fixed point is $$ \begin{gathered} x = x_\infty + \delta x \quad y= y_\infty + \delta y \\[1ex] r\frac{d}{dr} \begin{pmatrix} \delta x \\ \delta y \end{pmatrix} = - A \begin{pmatrix} \delta x \\ \delta y \end{pmatrix} \qquad A = \begin{pmatrix} a & b\\ -1 & 1 \end{pmatrix} \qquad a = \frac{2w}{1+w} \qquad b = \frac{1+5w}{(1+w)^2} \end{gathered} $$ The eigenvalues of $A$ are $$ \lambda_\pm = \frac{1+3w \pm i \sqrt{3+22w-w^2}}{2(1+w)} $$ For $w=\frac13$ $$ A = \begin{pmatrix} \frac12 & \frac32\\ -1 & 1 \end{pmatrix} \qquad \lambda_\pm = \frac{3 \pm i \sqrt{23}}{4} $$ The fixed point is attractive. The flow spirals inwards.

Phase portrait

A plot of the flowlines, followed by two blowups.
The plot shows only direction. The flow vector is normalized to constant length.

The solutions regular at $r = 0$

Suppose $\rho = \rho_0$ at $r=0$. Then in the limit $r\rightarrow 0$ $$ m \rightarrow \frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 \rho_0 \qquad x \rightarrow 4\pi G r^2 \rho_0 \qquad y \rightarrow \frac13 x $$ So all the solutions regular at $r=0$ are on the trajectory that leaves $(0,0)$ along the line $y = \frac13 x$.
Changing the initial condition $\rho(0)\rightarrow e^{s} \rho(0)$ is expressed by "time" translation along the flow, $\ln r \rightarrow \ln r + \frac12 s$

$M$-$R$ star curve

As the flow approaches the fixed point, $r\rightarrow \infty$ with $$ \rho \rightarrow \frac{x_\infty}{4\pi G r^2} \qquad m \rightarrow \frac{y_\infty r}{G} $$ The radius and mass are infinite because there is no cutoff at low density.

So introduce a cutoff at $\rho_{min}$. That is, $\rho$ decreases to $\rho_{min}$ with $p = w \rho$, then for $\rho <\rho_{min}$, $p=0$.
$$ p = \left \{ \begin{array}{cl} w \rho & \rho > \rho_{min} \\ 0 & \rho \le \rho_{min} \end{array} \right. $$

The stellar radius $R$ is given by $\rho(R) = \rho_{min}$.

Parametrize the regular trajectory by $t$ with $$ r \frac{d}{dr} = \frac{d}{dt} \qquad \frac{dx}{dt} = 2x \frac{1-(2+c)y- c wx}{1-2y} \qquad \frac{dy}{dt} = x-y \qquad c = \frac12 \left(1+\frac{1}{w}\right) $$ Let $x(t), y(t)$ be the solution of the ode with initial condition $$ t \rightarrow -\infty \qquad x(t) \rightarrow e^{2t} \qquad y(t) \rightarrow \frac13 e^{2t} $$ Write the original change of variables as $$ \sqrt{4\pi G \rho}\; r = x^{1/2} \qquad \sqrt{4\pi G^3 \rho}\; m= x^{1/2} y $$ and define dimensionless variables $$ \hat r = \sqrt{4\pi G \rho_{min}} \; r \qquad \hat m = \sqrt{4\pi G^3 \rho_{min}}\; m $$ There is a solution with radius $\hat R$ and mass $\hat M$ iff for some $t$ $$ \hat R = x(t)^{1/2} \qquad \hat M = x(t)^{1/2} y(t) $$ So the star curve in the $\hat M$-$\hat R$ plane is $$ t \mapsto \hat M(t),\hat R(t) = x(t)^{1/2} y(t),\; x(t)^{1/2} $$ The central density $\rho(0)$ is a function of $t$. In the limit $t'\rightarrow -\infty$, $$ \begin{gathered} r = R e^{t'-t} \qquad \sqrt{4\pi G \rho } r = x(t')^{1/2} \qquad \sqrt{4\pi G \rho} R e^{t'-t} \rightarrow e^{t'} \qquad \sqrt{4\pi G \rho(0)} \frac{\hat R(t)}{\sqrt{4\pi G \rho_{min}}} e^{-t} = 1 \\[1ex] \rho(0) = \rho_{min} \frac{e^{2t}}{\hat R(t)^2} \end{gathered} $$

The curve near the fixed point is universal, independent of the low density cutoff.
Away from the fixed point, the curve depends on the cutoff.