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Article: Phase transitions in rotating neutron stars: Effects of stellar crusts

TitlePhase transitions in rotating neutron stars: Effects of stellar crusts
Authors
KeywordsDense matter
Stars: evolution
Stars: interiors
Stars: neutron
Stars: rotation
Issue Date2002
PublisherInstitute of Physics Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205
Citation
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2002, v. 564 n. 2 I, p. 909-913 How to Cite?
AbstractAs a rapidly rotating neutron star spins down due to the loss of its angular momentum, its central density increases and the nuclear matter in its core converts to quark matter, which leads to a drastic decrease of the stellar moment of inertia, and even results in an era of spin-up of the pulsar (Glendenning, Pei, & Weber 1997). We find that given a certain equation of state in the liquid core, even if the backbending of the moment of inertia as a function of the rotating frequency occurs, an increase of the total moment of inertia by only 1% could carry adequate angular momentum and stop the star spin-up. This small discrepancy in the total moment of inertia might be due to the different properties of subnuclear matter in the crust, especially to different transition density and pressure at the inner boundary of the solid crust between various models. The strong dependence of the phenomenon of back-bending on the physical state of the crust provides, in principle, a new observational approach to check and constrain theories on subnuclear matter.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/43355
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.766
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dc.contributor.authorCheng, KSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYuan, YFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhang, JLen_HK
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dc.date.issued2002en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAstrophysical Journal Letters, 2002, v. 564 n. 2 I, p. 909-913en_HK
dc.identifier.issn2041-8205en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/43355-
dc.description.abstractAs a rapidly rotating neutron star spins down due to the loss of its angular momentum, its central density increases and the nuclear matter in its core converts to quark matter, which leads to a drastic decrease of the stellar moment of inertia, and even results in an era of spin-up of the pulsar (Glendenning, Pei, & Weber 1997). We find that given a certain equation of state in the liquid core, even if the backbending of the moment of inertia as a function of the rotating frequency occurs, an increase of the total moment of inertia by only 1% could carry adequate angular momentum and stop the star spin-up. This small discrepancy in the total moment of inertia might be due to the different properties of subnuclear matter in the crust, especially to different transition density and pressure at the inner boundary of the solid crust between various models. The strong dependence of the phenomenon of back-bending on the physical state of the crust provides, in principle, a new observational approach to check and constrain theories on subnuclear matter.en_HK
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dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://iopscience.iop.org/2041-8205en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAstrophysical Journal Lettersen_HK
dc.rightsThe Astrophysical Journal. Copyright © University of Chicago Press.en_HK
dc.subjectDense matteren_HK
dc.subjectStars: evolutionen_HK
dc.subjectStars: interiorsen_HK
dc.subjectStars: neutronen_HK
dc.subjectStars: rotationen_HK
dc.titlePhase transitions in rotating neutron stars: Effects of stellar crustsen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailCheng, KS: hrspksc@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1086/324330en_HK
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