Energy Release on the Surface of a Rapidly Rotating Neutron Star during Disk Accretion: A Thermodynamic Approach

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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12 pages, 0 figures (Astronomy Letters in press)

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10.1134/1.1331157

The total energy E of a star as a function of its angular momentum J and mass M in the Newtonian theory: E = E(J, M) [in general relativity, the gravitational mass M of a star as a function of its angular momentum J and rest mass m, M = M(J, m)], is used to determine the remaining parameters (angular velocity, equatorial radius, chemical potential, etc.) in the case of rigid rotation. Expressions are derived for the energy release during accretion onto a cool (with constant entropy), rapidly rotating neutron star (NS) in the Newtonian theory and in general relativity. A separate analysis is performed for the cases where the NS equatorial radius is larger and smaller than the radius of the marginally stable orbit in the disk plane. An approximate formula is proposed for the NS equatorial radius for an arbitrary equation of state, which matches the exact one at J = 0.

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