Zhang, Yaojun = / "November 2009." / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-111). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Zhang, Yaojun = / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Quasi-Normal Modes of Neutron Stars --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Equilibrium State of a Neutron Star --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Fluid Displacement and Metric Perturbation --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Axial Oscillations of Neutron Stars --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Wave Equation inside the Star --- p.9 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Wave Equation outside the Star --- p.10 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Location of Quasi-normal Modes --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- Polar Oscillations of Neutron Stars - LD Formalism --- p.12 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Equations inside the Star --- p.12 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Equations outside the Star --- p.14 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Location of Quasi-normal Modes --- p.16 / Chapter 2.5 --- Polar Oscillations of Neutron Stars - AAKS Formalism --- p.16 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Equations inside the Star --- p.16 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Equations outside the Star --- p.19 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Location of Quasi-normal Modes --- p.19 / Chapter 3 --- Decoupling of Spacetime Oscillations and Fluid Motion --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- Motivation of Decoupling --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Expressing F in terms of S and H --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Inside the Star --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Outside the Star --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3 --- Constraint-free AAKS Formalism --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Equations inside the Star --- p.25 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Equations outside the Star --- p.27 / Chapter 3.4 --- Cowling Approximation for Polar p-Mode --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Independent Fluid Motion --- p.29 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Location of Polar p-Modes --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Numerical Results and Discussion --- p.31 / Chapter 3.5 --- Inverse-Cowling approximation for ω-Mode --- p.33 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Independent Spacetime Oscillations --- p.33 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Location of ω-Modes --- p.34 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Numerical Results and Discussion --- p.34 / Chapter 4 --- Interplay between Matter and Spacetime --- p.37 / Chapter 4.1 --- Physical Insight --- p.37 / Chapter 4.2 --- Sturm-Liouville Eigenvalue Problem --- p.39 / Chapter 4.3 --- Energy of the Fluid --- p.40 / Chapter 4.4 --- Spacetime Oscillation Driven by Fluid Motion --- p.45 / Chapter 4.5 --- Damped Oscillation Caused by Radiation of Gravitational Wave --- p.46 / Chapter 4.6 --- Calculation of δωn in a Perturbative Way --- p.48 / Chapter 4.7 --- Numerical Results and Discussion --- p.49 / Chapter 5 --- Asymptotic Behavior of Spacetime Modes --- p.61 / Chapter 5.1 --- Motivation --- p.61 / Chapter 5.2 --- Asymptotic Behavior of Axial ω-modes for One-Layered Stars --- p.62 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- "Asymptotic Form of g(r*,ω)" --- p.63 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- "Asymptotic Form of f(r*, ω)" --- p.67 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Asymptotic Behavior of Axial Quasi-Normal Modes --- p.69 / Chapter 5.3 --- Asymptotic Behavior of Polar ω-modes for One-Layered Stars --- p.71 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- High-Frequency Approximation --- p.71 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Asymptotic Behavior of Polar Quasi-Normal Modes --- p.73 / Chapter 5.4 --- Relationship between Axial and Polar ω-Modes --- p.74 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Application 1:ω-Modes of Quark Stars --- p.75 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Application 2:ω-Modes of Polytropic Stars --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Application 3: The Influence of Surface Discontinuities --- p.89 / Chapter 5.4.4 --- Application 4:ω-Modes of Realistic Neutron Stars --- p.92 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and Outlook --- p.99 / Chapter A --- From Einstein Equation to LD Formalism --- p.101 / Chapter A.l --- The Linearized Perturbation Equations --- p.101 / Chapter A.1.1 --- The Perturbation of the Einstein Tensor --- p.102 / Chapter A.1.2 --- The Perturbation of the Energy-momentum Tensor --- p.103 / Chapter A.1.3 --- The Perturbed Einstein Equations --- p.104 / Chapter A.2 --- Some Symbolic Operation Results --- p.105 / Chapter A.3 --- Simplifications --- p.106
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327020 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Contributors | Zhang, Yaojun., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 111 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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