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Event Number 1675
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Astronomy Colloquium
What sets the Maximum Spin Rate of Neutron Stars?
- Time: 3:30 pm
- Place: 3425 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Ira Wasserman, Cornell University, Astronomy Department
- Abstract: The fastest rotating neutron star has a spin frequency of 716 Hz, well below the maximum allowed by stability in general. The accepted view is that fast spin results from accretion, but the R mode instability of a rotating neutron star seems to prevent spin up to frequencies as high as the fastest observed. What is going on?
- Host: Professor Ellen Zweibel
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