Rotating relativistic stars [electronic resource] / John L. Friedman, Nikolaos Stergioulas.
2013
QB843.N4 F75 2013
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Title
Rotating relativistic stars [electronic resource] / John L. Friedman, Nikolaos Stergioulas.
Author
Friedman, John L., 1945-
ISBN
9780521872546
9781107306165 (electronic book)
9781107306165 (electronic book)
Publication Details
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Language
English
Description
xxiv, 409 p. : ill.
Call Number
QB843.N4 F75 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
523.8/874
Summary
"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 more than forty 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Stergioulas, Nikolaos, 1967-
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Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Stationary, axisymmetric equilibria; 2. 3+1 split, action, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms; 3. Asymptotics, virial identities and nonaxisymmetric equilibria; 4. Numerical schemes; 5. Equilibrium models; 6. Approximation methods; 7. Perturbation theory of relativistic fluids; 8. Quasinormal modes; 9. Stellar stability; 10. Nonlinear dynamics of rotating relativistic stars; Appendix.