Gravitational wave asteroseismology on cooling neutron stars

2022 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Sotani ◽  
Akira Dohi
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Gravitational Wave

scholarly journals A Gravitational-Wave Perspective on Neutron-Star Seismology

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Nils Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Fundamental Mode ◽  
Compact Binaries

We provide a bird’s-eye view of neutron-star seismology, which aims to probe the extreme physics associated with these objects, in the context of gravitational-wave astronomy. Focussing on the fundamental mode of oscillation, which is an efficient gravitational-wave emitter, we consider the seismology aspects of a number of astrophysically relevant scenarios, ranging from transients (like pulsar glitches and magnetar flares), to the dynamics of tides in inspiralling compact binaries and the eventual merged object and instabilities acting in isolated, rapidly rotating, neutron stars. The aim is not to provide a thorough review, but rather to introduce (some of) the key ideas and highlight issues that need further attention.

The stellar graveyard

2019 ◽  
pp. 177-206
Author(s):  
Nils Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Stellar Evolution ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Compact Objects ◽  
Fermi Gases ◽  
The 1950S

This chapter introduces the different classes of compact objects—white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes—that are relevant for gravitational-wave astronomy. The ideas are placed in the context of developing an understanding of the likely endpoint(s) of stellar evolution. Key ideas like Fermi gases and the Chandrasekhar mass are discussed, as is the emergence of general relativity as a cornerstone of astrophysics in the 1950s. Issues associated with different formation channels for, in particular, black holes are considered. The chapter ends with a discussion of the supermassive black holes that are found at the centre of galaxies.

Dynamical versus isolated formation channels of gravitational wave sources

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (S346) ◽  
pp. 397-416
Author(s):  
Michela Mapelli
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Stellar Winds ◽  
Core Collapse ◽  
Dynamical Processes ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Impact

AbstractWhat are the formation channels of merging black holes and neutron stars? The first two observing runs of Advanced LIGO and Virgo give us invaluable insights to address this question, but a new approach to theoretical models is required, in order to match the challenges posed by the new data. In this review, I discuss the impact of stellar winds, core-collapse and pair instability supernovae on the formation of compact remnants in both isolated and dynamically formed binaries. Finally, I show that dynamical processes, such as the runaway collision scenario and the Kozai-Lidov mechanism, leave a clear imprint on the demography of merging systems.

scholarly journals Continuous gravitational wave from magnetized white dwarfs and neutron stars: possible missions for LISA, DECIGO, BBO, ET detectors

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (2) ◽  
pp. 2692-2705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surajit Kalita ◽  
Banibrata Mukhopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Direct Detection ◽  
Angular Frequency ◽  
Compact Objects ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Type Ia ◽  
Ia Supernovae

ABSTRACT Recent detection of gravitational wave from nine black hole merger events and one neutron star merger event by LIGO and VIRGO shed a new light in the field of astrophysics. On the other hand, in the past decade, a few super-Chandrasekhar white dwarf candidates have been inferred through the peak luminosity of the light curves of a few peculiar Type Ia supernovae, though there is no direct detection of these objects so far. Similarly, a number of neutron stars with mass $>\! 2\, \mathrm{M}_\odot$ have also been observed. Continuous gravitational wave can be one of the alternate ways to detect these compact objects directly. It was already argued that magnetic field is one of the prominent physics to form super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs and massive neutron stars. If such compact objects are rotating with certain angular frequency, then they can efficiently emit gravitational radiation, provided their magnetic field and rotation axes are not aligned, and these gravitational waves can be detected by some of the upcoming detectors, e.g. LISA, BBO, DECIGO, Einstein Telescope, etc. This will certainly be a direct detection of rotating magnetized white dwarfs as well as massive neutron stars.

Noether symmetry analysis for novel gravitational wave-like spacetimes and their conservation laws

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (28) ◽  
pp. 2050234
Author(s):  
Amir Sultan Khan ◽  
Israr Ali Khan ◽  
Saeed Islam ◽  
Farhad Ali
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Conservation Laws ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Hawking Radiation ◽  
Conformal Factor ◽  
Noether Symmetries ◽  
Plane Symmetric ◽  
Symmetric Spacetimes ◽  
Symmetric Structure

The phenomena-like Hawking radiation, the collapse of black holes, and neutron stars decrease the curvature of spacetime continuously with the passage of time. The time conformal factor adds some curvature to nonstatic spacetime. In this article, some novel classes of nonstatic plane-symmetric spacetimes are explored by introducing a time conformal factor in the exact plane-symmetric spacetimes in such a way that their symmetric structure remains conserved. This technique re-scales the energy contents of the corresponding spacetimes, which comes with a re-scaled part in each spacetime. The invariant quantities corresponding to the Noether symmetries are also calculated.

scholarly journals Fundamental physics and the absence of sub-millisecond pulsars

2018 ◽  
Vol 620 ◽  
pp. A69 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Haskell ◽  
J. L. Zdunik ◽  
M. Fortin ◽  
M. Bejger ◽  
R. Wijnands ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Equation Of State ◽  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Rotation Frequency ◽  
Hadronic Matter ◽  
Spin Distribution ◽  
Test Models ◽  
State Of Matter

Context. Rapidly rotating neutron stars are an ideal laboratory to test models of matter at high densities. In particular, the maximum rotation frequency of a neutron star depends on the equation of state and can be used to test models of the interior. However, observations of the spin distribution of rapidly rotating neutron stars show evidence for a lack of stars spinning at frequencies higher than f ≈ 700 Hz, well below the predictions of theoretical equations of state. This has generally been taken as evidence of an additional spin-down torque operating in these systems, and it has been suggested that gravitational wave torques may be operating and be linked to a potentially observable signal. Aims. We aim to determine whether additional spin-down torques (possibly due to gravitational wave emission) are necessary, or if the observed limit of f ≈ 700 Hz could correspond to the Keplerian (mass-shedding) break-up frequency for the observed systems, and is simply a consequence of the currently unknown state of matter at high densities. Methods. Given our ignorance with regard to the true equation of state of matter above nuclear saturation densities, we make a minimal physical assumption and only demand causality, that is, that the speed of sound in the interior of the neutron star should be lower than or equal to the speed of light c. We then connected our causally limited equation of state to a realistic microphysical crustal equation of state for densities below nuclear saturation density. This produced a limiting model that gave the lowest possible maximum frequency, which we compared to observational constraints on neutron star masses and frequencies. We also compared our findings with the constraints on the tidal deformability obtained in the observations of the GW170817 event. Results. We rule out centrifugal breakup as the mechanism preventing pulsars from spinning faster than f ≈ 700 Hz, as the lowest breakup frequency allowed by our causal equation of state is f ≈ 1200 Hz. A low-frequency cutoff, around f ≈ 800 Hz could only be possible when we assume that these systems do not contain neutron stars with masses above M ≈ 2 M⊙. This would have to be due either to selection effects, or possibly to a phase transition in the interior of the neutron star that leads to softening at high densities and a collapse to either a black hole or a hybrid star above M ≈ 2 M⊙. Such a scenario would, however, require a somewhat unrealistically stiff equation of state for hadronic matter, in tension with recent constraints obtained from gravitational wave observations of a neutron star merger.

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