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Mergers of magnetized neutron stars with spinning black holes: disruption, accretion, and fallback.
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PMID:  20867561     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We investigate the merger of a neutron star in orbit about a spinning black hole in full general relativity with a mass ratio of 5:1, allowing the star to have an initial magnetization of 10(12)  G. We present the resulting gravitational waveform and analyze the fallback accretion as the star is disrupted. We see no significant dynamical effects in the simulations or changes in the gravitational waveform resulting from the initial magnetization. We find that only a negligible amount of matter becomes unbound; 99% of the neutron star material has a fallback time of 10 seconds or shorter to reach the region of the central engine and that 99.99% of the star will interact with the central disk and black hole within 3 hours.
Authors:
Sarvnipun Chawla; Matthew Anderson; Michael Besselman; Luis Lehner; Steven L Liebling; Patrick M Motl; David Neilsen
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-09-07
Journal Detail:
Title:  Physical review letters     Volume:  105     ISSN:  1079-7114     ISO Abbreviation:  Phys. Rev. Lett.     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-27     Completed Date:  2011-01-12     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401141     Medline TA:  Phys Rev Lett     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  111101     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001, USA.
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