ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Static spherically symmetric perfect fluid

Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a big ball of jelly. It's not moving or changing size, it's just sitting there in one place. Now let's pretend the jelly is a special kind of jelly that can do magical things. It can push things away from it and pull things towards it, kind of like a magnet but with jelly instead.

This is kind of like what a static spherically symmetric perfect fluid is. It's a special type of material (like our magical jelly) that doesn't move or change size, but can still exert forces on other things around it. When we say it's spherically symmetric, we mean that it looks the same from any angle, like a ball. And when we say it's perfect, we mean that it follows some really strict rules about the way it behaves.

Now, the word "fluid" might make you think of water or juice, but a fluid can actually be any substance that can flow and change shape. In this case, our perfect fluid can't move, but it still has some really cool properties. For example, it can create something called gravity. You know how when you jump, you come back down to the ground? That's because the Earth's gravity is pulling you back towards it. Well, our perfect fluid can create gravity too, and it can even bend the fabric of space and time around it!

So in summary, a static spherically symmetric perfect fluid is a special kind of material that doesn't move or change size, but can still create forces and bend space and time around it. It's like magical jelly, but it's not sticky and you can't eat it.