An introduction to the theory of rotating relativistic stars
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-03-13 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Nuclear Theory
Abstract
These lecture notes are intended to introduce the theory of rotating stars in general relativity. The focus is put on the theoretical foundations, with a detailed discussion of the spacetime symmetries, the choice of coordinates and the derivation of the equations of structure from the Einstein equation. The global properties of rotating stars (mass, angular momentum, redshifts, orbits, etc.) are also introduced.
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@article{arxiv.1003.5015,
title = {An introduction to the theory of rotating relativistic stars},
author = {Eric Gourgoulhon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.5015},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
90 pages, 18 figures, lectures given at the Compstar 2010 School (Caen, 8-16 Feb 2010). Changes with respect to v1: minor corrections, more substantial changes in Sec. 3.4.3, references added