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Non-axisymmetric instability and fragmentation of general relativistic quasi-toroidal stars

Non-axisymmetric instability and fragmentation of general relativistic quasi-toroidal stars
Non-axisymmetric instability and fragmentation of general relativistic quasi-toroidal stars
In a recent publication, we have demonstrated that differentially rotating stars admit new channels of black hole formation via fragmentation instabilities. Since a higher order instability of this kind could potentially transform a differentially rotating supermassive star into a multiple black hole system embedded in a massive accretion disk, we investigate the dependence of the instability on parameters of the equilibrium model. We find that many of the models constructed exhibit non-axisymmetric instabilities with corotation points, even for low values of T/|W|, which lead to a fission of the stars into one, two or three fragments, depending on the initial perturbation. At least in the models selected here, an m=1 mode becomes unstable at lower values of T/|W|, which would seem to favor a scenario where one black hole with a massive accretion disk forms. In this case, we have gained evidence that low values of compactness of the initial model can lead to a stabilization of the resulting fragment, thus preventing black hole formation in this scenario.
1550-7998
24019
Zink, B.
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Stergioulas, N.
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Hawke, I.
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Ott, C.
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Schnetter, E.
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Muller, E.
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Zink, B.
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Stergioulas, N.
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Hawke, I.
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Ott, C.
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Schnetter, E.
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Muller, E.
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Zink, B., Stergioulas, N., Hawke, I., Ott, C., Schnetter, E. and Muller, E. (2007) Non-axisymmetric instability and fragmentation of general relativistic quasi-toroidal stars. Physical Review D, 76 (2), 24019. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.024019).

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In a recent publication, we have demonstrated that differentially rotating stars admit new channels of black hole formation via fragmentation instabilities. Since a higher order instability of this kind could potentially transform a differentially rotating supermassive star into a multiple black hole system embedded in a massive accretion disk, we investigate the dependence of the instability on parameters of the equilibrium model. We find that many of the models constructed exhibit non-axisymmetric instabilities with corotation points, even for low values of T/|W|, which lead to a fission of the stars into one, two or three fragments, depending on the initial perturbation. At least in the models selected here, an m=1 mode becomes unstable at lower values of T/|W|, which would seem to favor a scenario where one black hole with a massive accretion disk forms. In this case, we have gained evidence that low values of compactness of the initial model can lead to a stabilization of the resulting fragment, thus preventing black hole formation in this scenario.

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Submitted date: 19 November 2006
Published date: 31 July 2007

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Local EPrints ID: 45408
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/45408
ISSN: 1550-7998
PURE UUID: b8e1fe5e-5803-4cf3-8ef5-751259a80247
ORCID for I. Hawke: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4805-0309

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Date deposited: 03 Apr 2007
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:45

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Author: B. Zink
Author: N. Stergioulas
Author: I. Hawke ORCID iD
Author: C. Ott
Author: E. Schnetter
Author: E. Muller

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