by Lin Lap-Ming. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [105]-109). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / by Lin Lap-Ming. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.ii / Contents --- p.iii / List of Figures --- p.vi / List of Tables --- p.ix / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Physical Motivation --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Quasi-Normal Modes --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Superfluidity in Neutron Stars --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Outline of this Thesis --- p.9 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- The Ordinary Perfect Fluid Neutron Stars --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Equilibrium Neutron Star Models --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Non-Radial Oscillations of Neutron Stars --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Quasi-Normal Modes of Stars --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Fluid Modes --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- The Spacetime Modes --- p.18 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- The General Relativistic Superfluid Formalism --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Carter Formalism --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Master Function --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- The Equilibrium Superfluid Neutron Stars --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Equilibrium Configurations --- p.27 / Chapter 4.2 --- Initial and Boundary Conditions --- p.34 / Chapter 4.3 --- Polytropic Models --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Non-Radial Oscillations of Superfluid Neutron Stars --- p.40 / Chapter 5.1 --- The Linearized Field Equations Inside the Star --- p.40 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Equations for Even-Parity Perturbations --- p.45 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Equations for Odd-Parity Perturbations --- p.48 / Chapter 5.2 --- Initial and Boundary Conditions --- p.49 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Radial Integration Initial Conditions --- p.49 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Boundary conditions at the Surface --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3 --- The Linearized Field Equations Outside the Star --- p.57 / Chapter 5.4 --- Numerical Technique --- p.60 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Quasi-Normal Modes Extraction --- p.62 / Chapter 6.1 --- Numerical Techniques for Quasi-Normal Modes Extraction --- p.62 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Leaver Series --- p.64 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Graphical Method --- p.67 / Chapter Chapter 7. --- The Quasi-Normal Modes of Superfluid Neutron Stars --- p.69 / Chapter 7.1 --- Polytropic Models --- p.69 / Chapter 7.1.1 --- The w-modes --- p.70 / Chapter 7.1.2 --- The f- and p-modes --- p.74 / Chapter 7.2 --- Ideal Neutron-Proton-Electron Gas --- p.82 / Chapter 7.3 --- Convergence Tests and Accuracy --- p.92 / Chapter Chapter 8. --- Conclusion --- p.95 / Appendix A. Speeds of Sound --- p.97 / Appendix B. Equations for Radial Oscillations --- p.99 / Appendix C. Numerical Technique for Solving Leaver's Series --- p.101 / Appendix D. Scaling in Numerical Calculations --- p.103 / Bibliography --- p.105
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322744 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Contributors | Lin, Lap-Ming., 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, 109 leaves : 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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