A GENERALIZED FAMILY OF POST-NEWTONIAN DEDEKIND ELLIPSOIDS
- ZARM, University of Bremen, Am Fallturm, D-28359 Bremen (Germany)
- Coordination Centre for Clinical Trials, University of Leipzig, D-04317 Leipzig (Germany)
We derive a family of post-Newtonian (PN) Dedekind ellipsoids to first order. They describe non-axially symmetric, homogeneous, and rotating figures of equilibrium. The sequence of the Newtonian Dedekind ellipsoids allows for an axially symmetric limit in which a uniformly rotating Maclaurin spheroid is recovered. However, the approach taken by Chandrasekhar and Elbert to find the PN Dedekind ellipsoids excludes such a limit. In a previous work, we considered an extension to their work that permits a limit of 1 PN Maclaurin ellipsoids. Here we further detail the sequence and demonstrate that a choice of parameters exists with which the singularity formerly found by Chandrasekhar and Elbert along the sequence of PN Dedekind ellipsoids is removed.
- OSTI ID:
- 22270629
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 777, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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