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The Maximum Moment of Inertia of Neutron Stars and its Implications for Pulsar Observations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2017
Abstract
A simple approximate formula, expressing the maximum moment of inertia of a neutron star as a function of the mass and radius of the configuration with a maximum allowable mass, is shown to be a quite precise representation of the results obtained for a broad set of equations of state of dense matter. The resulting possible observational constraints in the mass-radius plane for neutron star models are discussed.
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- Part V X-ray, γ-ray and millisecond pulsars
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- Copyright © United States Naval Observatory 1992
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1 Ω2 (c/R)2 GM/Rc 2, RΩ ≪ c, conditions which are satisfied for pulsar period greater than 1 ms