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Gravitational waves from pulsating stars: evolving the perturbation equations for a relativistic star

Gravitational waves from pulsating stars: evolving the perturbation equations for a relativistic star
Gravitational waves from pulsating stars: evolving the perturbation equations for a relativistic star
We consider the perturbations of a relativistic star as an initial-value problem. Having discussed the formulation of the problem (the perturbation equations and the appropriate boundary conditions at the center and the surface of the star) in detail, we evolve the equations numerically from several different sets of initial data. In all the considered cases, we find that the resulting gravitational waves carry the signature of several of the star’s pulsation modes. Typically, the fluid f mode, the first two p modes, and the slowest damped gravitational w mode are present in the signal. If such mode signals, from coalescing neutron stars or following a supernova, can be detected by future gravitational-wave antennae, one can hope to infer detailed information about neutron stars. Since a perturbation evolution should adequately describe the late time behavior of a dynamically excited neutron star, the present work can also be used as a benchmark test for future fully nonlinear simulations.
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Allen, Gabrielle
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Andersson, Nils
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Kokkotas, Kostas D.
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Schutz, Bernard F.
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Allen, Gabrielle
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Andersson, Nils
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Kokkotas, Kostas D.
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Schutz, Bernard F.
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Allen, Gabrielle, Andersson, Nils, Kokkotas, Kostas D. and Schutz, Bernard F. (1998) Gravitational waves from pulsating stars: evolving the perturbation equations for a relativistic star. Physical Review D, 58 (12), 1-12. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.58.124012).

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We consider the perturbations of a relativistic star as an initial-value problem. Having discussed the formulation of the problem (the perturbation equations and the appropriate boundary conditions at the center and the surface of the star) in detail, we evolve the equations numerically from several different sets of initial data. In all the considered cases, we find that the resulting gravitational waves carry the signature of several of the star’s pulsation modes. Typically, the fluid f mode, the first two p modes, and the slowest damped gravitational w mode are present in the signal. If such mode signals, from coalescing neutron stars or following a supernova, can be detected by future gravitational-wave antennae, one can hope to infer detailed information about neutron stars. Since a perturbation evolution should adequately describe the late time behavior of a dynamically excited neutron star, the present work can also be used as a benchmark test for future fully nonlinear simulations.

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Published date: 1998
Additional Information: Received 8 April 1997; published 17 November 1998.

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Local EPrints ID: 29425
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/29425
ISSN: 1550-7998
PURE UUID: 56fd6a73-cb0b-43fd-93dd-afc7b89bb42b
ORCID for Nils Andersson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8550-3843

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Date deposited: 23 Feb 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:01

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Author: Gabrielle Allen
Author: Nils Andersson ORCID iD
Author: Kostas D. Kokkotas
Author: Bernard F. Schutz

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