The distortion of the charge cloud around a uniformly charged, dielectric, rigid sphere that translates and rotates in an unbounded binary, symmetric electrolyte at zero Reynolds number is examined. The zeta potential of the particle ζ is assumed small relative to the thermal voltage scale. It is assumed that the equilibrium structure of the cloud is slightly distorted, which requires that the Péclet numbers characterizing distortion due to particle translation,
We investigate in this work two different types of instabilities that set limits on the rotation rates of neutron (compact) stars. The first one is that caused by rotation at the Kepler frequency, at which mass shedding at the star's equator sets in. The second limit is set by instabilities driven by the growth of gravitational radiation‐reaction (GRR) driven
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10250429
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Astronomische Nachrichten
- Volume:
- 342
- Issue:
- 5
- ISSN:
- 0004-6337
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 799-807
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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