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Gravitational waves and dynamical processes in hot newborn compact stars.

Lau, Hoi Kwan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 208-212). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Gravitational wave astronomy --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Stellar pulsation and gravitational radiation --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Outline --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- Hydrostatic stellar structure --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Structural equation --- p.9 / Chapter 3 --- Finite temperature equations of state of nuclear matter --- p.13 / Chapter 3.1 --- Finite temperature ordinary nuclear matter --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2 --- Strange Quark Matter --- p.15 / Chapter 3.3 --- Equilibrium and Dynamic EOS --- p.16 / Chapter 4 --- Stellar pulsation and gravitational radiation --- p.19 / Chapter 4.1 --- Linearized theory of general relativity --- p.19 / Chapter 4.2 --- Stellar oscillation --- p.25 / Chapter 4.3 --- Quasi-normal Mode --- p.28 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- f mode --- p.29 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- p mode --- p.29 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- g mode --- p.30 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- w mode --- p.31 / Chapter 5 --- Gravitational wave spectrum of hot compact stars --- p.32 / Chapter 5.1 --- Numerical results --- p.32 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Temperature effect on QNM --- p.32 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Temperature effect and QS model --- p.38 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- QNM shift due to phase transition --- p.41 / Chapter 5.2 --- Summary and prospective --- p.48 / Chapter 6 --- Universality of fundamental mode and spacetime mode --- p.50 / Chapter 6.1 --- Review --- p.50 / Chapter 6.2 --- Generic proposal of universalities --- p.53 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Moment of Inertia --- p.54 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Gravitational wave spectrum --- p.57 / Chapter 6.3 --- Universality on moment of inertia --- p.63 / Chapter 6.4 --- Origin of universality --- p.70 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Tolman VII model --- p.71 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Polytropic Model --- p.76 / Chapter 6.5 --- Application of universality --- p.82 / Chapter 6.6 --- Summary --- p.89 / Chapter 7 --- Quark star properties and gravity mode oscillation --- p.92 / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.92 / Chapter 7.2 --- g mode frequencies of quark stars --- p.94 / Chapter 7.2.1 --- Temperature profile and p mode frequency --- p.96 / Chapter 7.2.2 --- Strange quark mass and Yp mode frequency --- p.104 / Chapter 7.3 --- Summary --- p.108 / Chapter 8 --- Gravitational radiation excitation by infalling shell --- p.111 / Chapter 8.1 --- Introduction --- p.111 / Chapter 8.2 --- Formalism --- p.116 / Chapter 8.2.1 --- Connection between star and vacuum --- p.117 / Chapter 8.2.2 --- Matter source --- p.121 / Chapter 8.2.3 --- Geodesic --- p.124 / Chapter 8.2.4 --- Source of infalling dust shell --- p.126 / Chapter 8.2.5 --- Green's function --- p.127 / Chapter 8.3 --- Gravitational Wave excitation by collapsing shell --- p.130 / Chapter 8.4 --- Features of radiation --- p.138 / Chapter 8.4.1 --- Power spectrum --- p.138 / Chapter 8.4.2 --- Wave function --- p.144 / Chapter 8.4.3 --- Energy of excitation --- p.147 / Chapter 8.5 --- Non-adiabatic oscillation --- p.153 / Chapter 8.5.1 --- Mathematical Background --- p.154 / Chapter 8.5.2 --- Numerical results --- p.158 / Chapter 8.6 --- General relativistic simulation --- p.163 / Chapter 8.6.1 --- Technical briefing --- p.163 / Chapter 8.6.2 --- Numerical results --- p.166 / Chapter 8.7 --- Summary --- p.174 / Chapter 9 --- Conclusion and remarks --- p.178 / Chapter A --- Unit conversions --- p.183 / Chapter B --- Series expansion of quark star EOS --- p.185 / Chapter C --- Accuracy of simplified mode extraction scheme --- p.188 / Chapter D --- Computation of moment of inertia --- p.193 / Chapter E --- Comment of exactness of inference scheme --- p.195 / Chapter E.1 --- Precision of the mass inferred --- p.195 / Chapter E.2 --- Accuracy of universality combinations --- p.199 / Chapter F --- Calculation of sound speed --- p.202 / Chapter G --- Mode extraction of non-adiabatic oscillation --- p.204 / Bibliography --- p.208

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327002
Date January 2010
ContributorsLau, Hoi Kwan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xx, 212 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse 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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