Appendix/Ramblings/BdHN
Binary-driven Hpernovae
The material presented here builds on our separate discussion of close binary stars.
Setup
Initial Carbon-Oxygen Core
The total angular momentum associated with a Maclaurin spheroid of eccentricity, , is given by the expression,
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📚 Marcus, Press, & Teukolsky (1977), §IVa, p. 591, Eq. (4.2) |
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According to an accompanying table …
Jacobi Sequence Bifurcation:
Dynamically Unstable 2nd Harmonic:
Now, given that, , if we specify , then we know from the expression,
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and if we specify , we know via the expression,
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| Initial CO Core at the Jacobi Bifurcation Point with and various spin periods, |
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Related Binary
Consider the simple model of two spherical stars in circular orbit about one another, as depicted here on the right. In addition to the physical parameters explicitly labeled in this diagram, we adopt the following variable notation:
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For a circular orbit, the angular velocity is related to the the system mass and separation via the Kepler relation,
and the distances, and , between the center of each star and the center of mass (cm) of the system must be related to one another via the expression,
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Note that the following relations also hold:
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Hence, the orbital angular momentum is,
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Assuming that both stars are rotating synchronously with the orbit, their respective spin angular momenta are,
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Hence, the total angular momentum of the system is,
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Critique
- Ill-advised to refer to the new NS as "νNS" because, in this context, readers might reasonably associate the greek letter, ν, with neutrinos.
See Also
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Appendices: | VisTrailsEquations | VisTrailsVariables | References | Ramblings | VisTrailsImages | myphys.lsu | ADS | |