Physics – Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aps..dnp.hg008j&link_type=abstract
American Physical Society, 2010 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, November 2-6, 2010, abstract #HG.008
Physics
Nuclear Physics
Scientific paper
Gravitational radiation destabilizes the r-mode in young rapidly rotating compact stars, spinning them down to angular frequencies φ˜0.1φKepler soon after their birth in a Supernova. Such quasi-normal pulsation modes are typically expected in the aftermath of a supernova or a sudden rearrangement of the neutron star crust or core. We point out that the r-mode perturbation also impacts the neutrino cooling in hot compact stars via processes that restore weak equilibrium. Since the viscous damping timescale is very sensitive to the temperature of the fluid, thermal evolution of the star affects r-mode evolution. We illustrate this fact with a simple model of spin-down due to gravitational wave emission in compact stars composed entirely of three-flavor degenerate quark matter. Neutrino cooling of such matter is quantified. Our results imply that a consistent treatment of thermal and spin-frequency evolution of a young and hot compact star is a requisite in estimating the persistence of gravitational waves from such a source.
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