Self-gravitating relativistic models of fermions with anisotropy and cutoff energy in their distribution function

In this paper we study the equilibrium configurations of anisotropic self-gravitating fermions, by extending to general relativity the solutions obtained in a previous paper. This treatment also generalizes to anisotropic systems the relativistic self-gravitating Fermi gas model, by considering different degrees of anisotropy. We discuss some important characteristics of the models and the obtained density profiles, and generalize the relation between the anisotropy and the mass of particles in the relativistic regime. These relativistic models may also be applied to the study of superdense neutron stars with anisotropic pressure or super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs generated by the presence of a magnetic field.