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    • Disk luminosity and angular momentum for accreting, weak field neutron stars in the ‘Slow’ rotation approximation

      Bhaskar Datta Arun V. Thampan Paul J. Wiita

      Volume 16 Issue 3-4 December 1995 pp 357-374

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    • Keywords

       

      Stars: accretion; stars: accretion disks; stars: neutron; stars: rotation

    • Abstract

       

      For accretion on to neutron stars possessing weak surface magnetic fields and substantial rotation rates (corresponding to the secular instability limit), we calculate the disk and surface layer luminosities general relativistically using the Hartle & Thorne formalism, and illustrate these quantities for a set of representative neutron star equations of state. We also discuss the related problem of the angular momentum evolution of such neutron stars and give a quantitative estimate for this accretion driven change in angular momentum. Rotation always increases the disk luminosity and reduces the rate of angular momentum evolution. These effects have relevance for observations of low-mass X-ray binaries.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Bhaskar Datta1 2 Arun V. Thampan2 Paul J. Wiita2 3

      1. Raman Research Institute, Bangalore - 560 080, India
      2. Indian institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore - 560034, India
      3. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA - 30303-3083, USA

    • Dates

       
      Published
      December 1995
      Manuscript received
      29 June 1995
      Accepted
      22 August 1995

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