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Rotating Relativistic Stars

Rotating Relativistic Stars

Friedman, John L.
Stergioulas, Nikolaos

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

Physics

ISBN10: 0521872545
ISBN13: 9780521872546
Publisher: Cambridge
Published: Feb 11 2013
Pages: 429
Weight: 2.05
Height: 1.30 Width: 7.20 Depth: 10.10
Language: English
The masses of neutron stars are limited by an instability to gravitational collapse, and an instability driven by gravitational waves limits their spin. Their oscillations are relevant to x-ray observations of accreting binaries and to gravitational wave observations of neutron stars formed during the coalescence of double neutron-star systems. This volume pulls together over 40 years of research to provide graduate students and researchers in astrophysics, gravitational physics, and astronomy with the first self-contained treatment of the structure, stability and oscillations of rotating neutron stars. This monograph treats the equations of stellar equilibrium; key approximations, including slow rotation and perturbations of spherical and rotating stars; stability theory and its applications, from convective stability to the r-mode instability; and numerical methods for computing equilibrium configurations and the nonlinear evolution of their oscillations. The presentation of fundamental equations, results, and applications is accessible to readers who do not need the detailed derivations.

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