INSTABILITIES IN CLOSE NEUTRON-STAR BINARIES

被引:149
作者
WILSON, JR [1 ]
MATHEWS, GJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV NOTRE DAME,DEPT PHYS,NOTRE DAME,IN 46556
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.4161
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We report on a new analysis of instabilities inclose neutron star binaries based upon (3 + 1) dimensional general relativistic numerical hydrodynamics calculations. When a realistic equation of state is employed, orbit calculations for two 1.45M(.) neutron stars reveal surprising evidence that general relativistic effects may cause otherwise stable stars to individually collapse prior to merging. Also, the strong fields cause the last stable orbit to occur at a larger separation distance and lower frequency than post-Newtonian estimates.
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页码:4161 / 4164
页数:4
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