Comment on "Instabilities in Close Neutron Star Binaries"

dc.creatorEardley, Douglas M.
dc.creatorHirschmann, Eric W.
dc.date1996-01-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:30:59Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:30:59Z
dc.descriptionIn a recent Physical Review Letter, Wilson and Mathews presented some interesting numerical calculations of a system of two equally massive neutron stars in strong-field gravity. In particular they estimated the innermost stable circular orbit in their system. Here we point out a possibly important consequence of their results: Their calculated configurations have total angular momentum $J$ and total mass $M$ too large to form any Kerr black hole: $J>M^2$, in constrast to previous calculations of the innermost stable circular orbit.
dc.description3 pages LaTeX (revtex, epsf) and 1 figure; figure also available at ftp://ftp.itp.ucsb.edu/figures/nsf-itp-95-165.eps
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9601019
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9601019
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35708
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleComment on "Instabilities in Close Neutron Star Binaries"
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