Abstract

Rotating relativistic stars have been studied extensively in recent years, both theoretically and observationally, because of the information they might yield about the equation of state of matter at extremely high densities and because they are considered to be promising sources of gravitational waves. The latest theoretical understanding of rotating stars in relativity is reviewed in this updated article. The sections on the equilibrium properties and on the nonaxisymmetric instabilities in f-modes and r-modes have been updated and several new sections have been added on analytic solutions for the exterior spacetime, rotating stars in LMXBs, rotating strange stars, and on rotating stars in numerical relativity.

Details

Title
Rotating Stars in Relativity
Author
Stergioulas, Nikolaos 1 

 Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 
Pages
1-109
Publication year
2003
Publication date
Jun 2003
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
23673613
e-ISSN
14338351
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2273096394
Copyright
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