Published November 1983 | Version v1
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The free precession of slowly rotating neutron stars: rigid-body motion in general relativity

Creators

  • 1. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA). W.K. Kellogg Radiation Lab.
  • 2. California Univ., Santa Barbara (USA). Inst. for Theoretical Physics
  • 3. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA)

Description

This paper discusses the free precession of slowly rotating neutron stars, idealized as rigidly rotating, fully general relativistic bodies. It is shown that, in the limit of slow rotation, general relativistic gravity produces no changes whatsoever in the classical Euler equations of rigid body motion. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Volume
205
Journal Issue
2
Series
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Page Range
809-817
ISSN
0035-8711

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
15029661
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; MOTION; NEUTRON STARS; PRECESSION; ROTATION
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; STARS