NEUTRON-STAR MOMENTS OF INERTIA

被引:129
作者
RAVENHALL, DG [1 ]
PETHICK, CJ [1 ]
机构
[1] NORDITA,DK-2100 COPENHAGEN 0,DENMARK
关键词
EQUATION OF STATE; STARS; INTERIORS; NEUTRON; ROTATION;
D O I
10.1086/173935
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
An approximation for the moment of inertia of a neutron star in terms only of its mass and radius is presented, and insight into it is obtained by examining the behavior of the relativistic structural equations. The approximation is accurate to approximately 10% for a variety of nuclear equations of state, for all except very low mass stars. It is combined with information about the neutron-star crust to obtain a simple expression (again in terms only of mass and radius) for the fractional moment of inertia of the crust.
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页码:846 / 851
页数:6
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