Criterion for the Instability of a Uniformly Rotating Configuration in General Relativity

S. Chandrasekhar and John L. Friedman
Phys. Rev. Lett. 26, 1047 – Published 26 April 1971
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Abstract

Uniformly rotating configurations in general relativity are considered, and a condition is obtained that they can be quasistatically deformed without violating any of the requirements for equilibrium. This condition extends, into the domain of the rotating stars, the criterion for the onset of dynamical instability (via a neutral mode of oscillation) that occurs by radial pulsations in nonrotating stars.

  • Received 22 March 1971

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.26.1047

©1971 American Physical Society

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S. Chandrasekhar and John L. Friedman

  • University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637

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Vol. 26, Iss. 17 — 26 April 1971

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