r-modes of slowly rotating non-isentropic relativistic stars

Abstract

We investigate properties of r-modes characterized by regular eigenvalue problem in slowly rotating relativistic polytropes. Our numerical results suggest that discrete r-mode solutions for the regular eigenvalue problem exist only for restricted polytropic models. In particular the r-mode associated with l=m=2, which is considered to be the most important for gravitational radiation driven instability, do not have a discrete mode as solutions of the regular eigenvalue problem for polytropes having the polytropic index N > 1.18 even in the post-Newtonian order. Furthermore for a N=1 polytrope, which is employed as a typical neutron star model, discrete r-mode solutions for regular eigenvalue problem do not exist for stars whose relativistic factor M/R is larger than about 0.1. Here M and R are stellar mass and stellar radius, respectively.

14 pages, 4 figures, with minor revisions. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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