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Evaluating Neutron Star Binding Energies Using Rotating Accreting Models, Nathan Moore
Evaluating Neutron Star Binding Energies Using Rotating Accreting Models, Nathan Moore
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Neutron star binding energy increases due to accreting matter from neighboring astronomical bodies, and decreases due to the star spinning up, increasing its angular velocity. We present a novel set of models that account for both increasing angular velocity and accreting matter to track a neutron star’s evolution. We arrive at these models through studying and reconfiguring computational investigations from the past, particularly a code which generates a model for a given fixed baryon mass and angular velocity and another that takes it from one baryon mass and angular velocity to the next one through accretion, to obtain a full …