Long-term evolution and gravitational wave radiation of neutron stars with differential rotation induced by r-modes

Details Long-term evolution and gravitational wave radiation of neutron stars with differential rotation induced by r-modes Long-term evolution and gravitational wave radiation of neutron stars with differential rotation induced by r-modes

2009-05-18

arxiv.org/abs/0905.2804v1

Res.Astron.Astrophys.9:1024-1034,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

14 pages, 6 figures, submitted to RAA

Scientific paper

10.1088/1674-4527/9/9/007

In a second-order r-mode theory, S'a & Tom'e found that the r-mode oscillation in neutron stars (NSs) could induce stellar differential rotation, which leads to a saturation state of the oscillation spontaneously. Based on a consideration of the coupling of the r-modes and the stellar spin and thermal evolutions, we carefully investigate the influences of the r-mode-induced differential rotation on the long-term evolutions of isolated NSs and NSs in low-mass X-ray binaries, where the viscous damping of the r-modes and its resultant effects are taken into account. The numerical results show that, for both kinds of NSs, the differential rotation can prolong the duration of the r-mode saturation state significantly. As a result, the stars can keep nearly constant temperature and angular velocity over a thousand years. Moreover, due to the long-term steady rotation of the stars, persistent quasi-monochromatic gravitational wave radiation could be expected, which increases the detectibility of gravitational waves from both nascent and accreting old NSs.

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