The r-modes of slowly rotating, stratified neutron stars

Abstract

The only r-modes that exist in a globally barotropic, rotating, Newtonian star are the fundamental $l=|m|$ solutions, where $l$ and $m$ are the indices of the spherical harmonic $Y_l^m$ that describe the mode's angular dependence. This is in stark contrast to a stellar model that is non-barotropic throughout its interior, which hosts all the $l\ge |m|$ perturbations including radial overtones. In reality, neutron stars are stratified with locally barotropic regions. Therefore, we explore how stratification alters a star's ability to support r-modes. We consider the globally stratified case and examine the behaviour of the modes as the star gets close to barotropicity. In this limit, we find that all but the fundamental $l=|m|$ perturbations change character and become generic inertial modes. Restricting the analysis to $l=|m|$ perturbations, we develop the r-mode equations in order to consider stellar models that exhibit local barotropicity. Our results for such models show that the r-mode overtones diverge and join the inertial modes. In order to see which r-modes persist and retain their character in realistic neutron stars, these calculations will need to be brought into full general relativity.

arXiv comment15 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS

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