Evolutionary sequences of irrotational binary neutron stars

Details Evolutionary sequences of irrotational binary neutron stars Evolutionary sequences of irrotational binary neutron stars

1999-04-16

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9904040v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

16 pages, 17 PostScript figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the 19th Texas Symposium

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We present results of numerical computations of quasiequilibrium sequences of binary neutron stars with zero vorticity, in the general relativistic framework. The Einstein equations are solved under the assumption of a conformally flat spatial 3-metric (Wilson-Mathews approximation). The evolution of the central density of each star is monitored as the orbit shrinks in response to gravitational wave emission. For a compactification ratio M/R=0.14, the central density remains rather constant (with a slight increase, below 0.1%) before decreasing. For a higher compactification ratio M/R=0.17 (i.e. stars closer to the maximum mass configuration), a very small density increase (at most 0.3%) is observed before the decrease. This effect remains within the error induced by the conformally flat approximation. It can be thus concluded that no substantial compression of the stars is found, which would have indicated a tendency to individually collapse to black hole prior to merger. Moreover, no turning point has been found in the binding energy or angular momentum along evolutionary sequences, which may indicate that these systems do not have any innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO).

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