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Crustal failure during binary inspiral

Crustal failure during binary inspiral
Crustal failure during binary inspiral
We present the first fully relativistic calculations of the crustal strain induced in a neutron star by a binary companion at the late stages of inspiral, employing realistic equations of state for the fluid core and the solid crust. We show that while the deep crust is likely to fail only shortly before coalescence, there is a large variation in elastic strain, with the outermost layers failing relatively early on in the inspiral. We discuss the significance of the results for both electromagnetic and gravitational-wave astronomy.
2041-8205
L36
Penner, A. J.
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Andersson, N.
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Jones, D. I.
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Samuelsson, L.
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Hawke, I.
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Penner, A. J.
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Andersson, N.
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Jones, D. I.
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Samuelsson, L.
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Penner, A. J., Andersson, N., Jones, D. I., Samuelsson, L. and Hawke, I. (2012) Crustal failure during binary inspiral. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 749 (2), L36. (doi:10.1088/2041-8205/749/2/L36).

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We present the first fully relativistic calculations of the crustal strain induced in a neutron star by a binary companion at the late stages of inspiral, employing realistic equations of state for the fluid core and the solid crust. We show that while the deep crust is likely to fail only shortly before coalescence, there is a large variation in elastic strain, with the outermost layers failing relatively early on in the inspiral. We discuss the significance of the results for both electromagnetic and gravitational-wave astronomy.

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Published date: 2 April 2012
Organisations: Applied Mathematics

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Local EPrints ID: 338036
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/338036
ISSN: 2041-8205
PURE UUID: cd351858-a88f-4759-bb7c-3fa4fbda520a
ORCID for N. Andersson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8550-3843
ORCID for D. I. Jones: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-7567
ORCID for I. Hawke: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4805-0309

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Date deposited: 09 May 2012 11:19
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:22

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Author: A. J. Penner
Author: N. Andersson ORCID iD
Author: D. I. Jones ORCID iD
Author: L. Samuelsson
Author: I. Hawke ORCID iD

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