Solid interiors of neutron stars and gravitational radiation
Abstract
Description
Contents:
1.Introduction
2. Formation and composition of the solid crust
3. The bottom layers of the crust: exotic nuclear shapes and topologies
4. Crust contribution to stellar mass and moment of inertia
5. Solid cores
6. Deformation, elastic strain and mountains
7. Shape and energy of rotating, partially solid neutron star
8. Oblateness and precession
9. Gravitational radiation from precessing pulsars
10. Gravitational radiation from precessing pulsars and pulsar timing
11. Detectability
26 pages, Latex, uses l-school.sty, epsf.tex. Four figures. Lectures delivered at Les Houches Summer School 1995 ``Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation''. To be published in the Proceedings (eds. J.-A.Marck and J.-P.Lasota)
26 pages, Latex, uses l-school.sty, epsf.tex. Four figures. Lectures delivered at Les Houches Summer School 1995 ``Astrophysical Sources of Gravitational Radiation''. To be published in the Proceedings (eds. J.-A.Marck and J.-P.Lasota)