Moments of inertia of relativistic magnetized stars

Authors
Konno, K
Citation
K. Konno, Moments of inertia of relativistic magnetized stars, ASTRON ASTR, 372(2), 2001, pp. 594-600
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
14320746 → ACNP
Volume
372
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
594 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
1432-0746(200106)372:2<594:MOIORM>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We consider principal moments of inertia of axisymmetric, magnetically defo rmed stars in the context of general relativity. The general expression for the moment of inertia with respect to the symmetric axis is obtained. The numerical estimates are derived for several polytropic stellar models. We f ind that the values of the principal moments of inertia are modified by a f actor of 2 at most from Newtonian estimates.