Gravitational waves from neutron stars
Abstract
Description
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Spontaneous symmetry breaking
2.1 Review of classical results about Maclaurin/Jacobi ellipsoids
2.2 Spontaneous breaking of symmetry: a general phenomenom
2.3 Previous results for compressible Newtonian stars
2.4 Generation of gravitational waves
2.5 Finding the equilibrium configurations of a rotating star in the Newtonian regime
2.6 Extension to general relativity
2.7 First integral of fluid motion in general relativity
2.8 Gravitational field equations
2.9 Numerical results
3. CW emission from pulsars
4. Discussion and conclusion
Appendix: Relativistic hydrodynamics in an accelerated frame
33 pages, LaTeX, 6 PostScript figures. Lecture delivered at Les Houches School ``Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation'' (Les Houches, France, Sept. 26 - Oct. 6, 1995). To be published in the Proceedings (eds. J.-A. Marck and J.-P. Lasota)
33 pages, LaTeX, 6 PostScript figures. Lecture delivered at Les Houches School ``Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation'' (Les Houches, France, Sept. 26 - Oct. 6, 1995). To be published in the Proceedings (eds. J.-A. Marck and J.-P. Lasota)