| Issue |
A&A
Volume 445, Number 3, January III 2006
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|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 1053 - 1060 | |
| Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053276 | |
| Published online | 03 January 2006 | |
Gravitational wave bursts induced by r-mode spin-down of hybrid stars
1
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Ferrara and INFN, Sezione di Ferrara, 44100 Ferrara, Italy e-mail: drago@fe.infn.it
2
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di L'Aquila and INFN, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, 67010 L'Aquila, Italy
Received:
20
April
2005
Accepted:
23
August
2005
We show that sudden variations in the composition and structure of a hybrid star can be triggered by its rapid spin-down, induced by r-mode instabilities. The discontinuity of this process is due to the surface tension between hadronic and quark matter and in particular to the overpressure needed to nucleate new structures of quark matter in the mixed phase. The consequent mini-collapses in the star can produce highly energetic gravitational wave bursts. The possible connection between the predictions of this model and the burst signal found by EXPLORER and NAUTILUS detectors during 2001 is also investigated.
Key words: gravitational waves / equation of state / stars: neutron / stars: evolution / stars: rotation / stars: interiors
© ESO, 2006
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