Fast Rotation of Neutron Stars
Astrophysics
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We show that for realistic equations of state of dense matter, the universal proportionality factor relating the maximum rotation rate of neutron stars due to mass-shedding limit to the mass and radius of maximum allowable mass configuration of non-rotating models results from a universal proportionality between masses and radii of static maximum-mass neutron stars and those of maximally rotating configurations. These empirical relations cannot be obtained in the slow rotation approximation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9508118,
title = {Fast Rotation of Neutron Stars},
author = {J. -P. Lasota and P. Haensel and M. A. Abramowicz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9508118},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
12 pages, LateX, uses aaspp.sty file, figures (Postscript files) available from [email protected]; to be published in the Astrophysical Journal