GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION FROM RAPIDLY ROTATING NASCENT NEUTRON-STARS

被引:174
作者
LAI, D [1 ]
SHAPIRO, SL [1 ]
机构
[1] CORNELL UNIV,CTR RADIOPHYS & SPACE RES,ITHACA,NY 14853
关键词
HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITIES; RADIATION MECHANISMS; NONTHERMAL; STARS; NEUTRON; SUPERNOVAE; GENERAL;
D O I
10.1086/175438
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We study the secular evolution and gravitational wave signature of a newly formed, rapidly rotating neutron star. The neutron star may arise from core collapse in a massive star or from the accretion-induced collapse of a white dwarf. After a brief dynamical phase, the nascent neutron star settles into an axisymmetric, secularly unstable equilibrium state. Gravitational radiation drives the star to a nonaxisymmetric, stationary equilibrium configuration via the bar-mode instability. The emitted quasi-periodic gravitational waves have a unique signature: the wave frequency sweeps downward from a few hundred Hertz to zero, while the wave amplitude increases from zero to a maximum and then decays back to zero. Such a wave signal could be detected by broadband gravitational wave interferometers currently being constructed. We also characterize two other types of gravitational wave signals that could arise in principle from a rapidly rotating, secularly unstable neutron star: a high-frequency (f greater than or similar to 1000 Hz) wave which increases the pattern-speed of the star, and a wave that actually increases the angular momentum of the star.
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页码:259 / 272
页数:14
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