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Gravitational-Wave Driven Instability of Rotating Relativistic Stars

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: A brief review of the stability of rotating relativistic stars is followed by a more detailed discussion of recent work on an instability of r-modes, modes of rotating stars that have axial parity in the slow-rotation limit. These modes may dominate the spin-down of neutron stars that are rapidly rotating at birth, and the gravitational waves they emit may be detectable.

Source: Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement

DOI: 10.1143/ptps.136.121

Authors: John L. Friedman, Keith H. Lockitch

Institutions: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2013383852

FWCI: 2.758

Cites: 10

Cited by: 21

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