The oscillation and stability of differentially rotating spherical shells
The oscillation and stability of differentially rotating spherical shells
An understanding of the oscillations of differentially rotating systems is key to many areas of astrophysics. It is of particular relevance to the emission of gravitational waves from oscillating neutron stars, which are expected to possess significant differential rotation immediately after birth or binary merger. In a previous paper we analysed the normal modes of a simple system exhibiting differential rotation. In this complementary paper we address the initial-value problem for the same simple model using both analytical methods and numerical time-evolutions. We derive a necessary and sufficient condition for dynamical shear instability. We discuss the dynamical behaviour of the continuous spectrum in response to an initial perturbation, and show that certain singular solutions within the continuous spectrum appear physically indistinguishable from the discrete modes outside the continuous spectrum.
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Watts, Anna L.
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Andersson, Nils
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Williams, R.L.
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2004
Watts, Anna L.
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Andersson, Nils
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Williams, R.L.
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Watts, Anna L., Andersson, Nils and Williams, R.L.
(2004)
The oscillation and stability of differentially rotating spherical shells.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 350 (3), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07695.x).
Abstract
An understanding of the oscillations of differentially rotating systems is key to many areas of astrophysics. It is of particular relevance to the emission of gravitational waves from oscillating neutron stars, which are expected to possess significant differential rotation immediately after birth or binary merger. In a previous paper we analysed the normal modes of a simple system exhibiting differential rotation. In this complementary paper we address the initial-value problem for the same simple model using both analytical methods and numerical time-evolutions. We derive a necessary and sufficient condition for dynamical shear instability. We discuss the dynamical behaviour of the continuous spectrum in response to an initial perturbation, and show that certain singular solutions within the continuous spectrum appear physically indistinguishable from the discrete modes outside the continuous spectrum.
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