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Gravitational waves from rotating proto-neutron stars

V Ferrari1, L Gualtieri1, J A Pons2 and A Stavridis1

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We study the effects of rotation on the quasi-normal modes (QNMs) of a newly born proto-neutron star (PNS) at different evolutionary stages, until it becomes a cold neutron star (NS). We use the Cowling approximation, neglecting spacetime perturbations, and consider different models of evolving PNS. The frequencies of the modes of a PNS are considerably lower than those of a cold NS, and are further lowered by rotation; consequently, if QNMs were excited in a sufficiently energetic process, they would radiate waves that could be more easily detectable by resonant-mass and interferometric detectors than those emitted by a cold NS. We find that for high rotation rates, some of the g-modes become unstable via the CFS instability; however, this instability is likely to be suppressed by competing mechanisms before emitting a significant amount of gravitational waves.


PACS

04.30.Db Wave generation and sources

04.40.Dg Relativistic stars: structure, stability, and oscillations

97.10.Cv Stellar structure, interiors, evolution, nucleosynthesis, ages

97.10.Kc Stellar rotation

97.60.Jd Neutron stars

MSC

83C35 Gravitational waves

85A05 Galactic and stellar dynamics

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 5 (7 March 2004)

Received 15 October 2003

Published 5 February 2004



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