著者

Yasutake Nobutoshi Hashimoto Masa-aki Eriguchi Yoshiharu Department of Physics Kyushu University Department of Physics Kyushu University Department of Earth Science and Astronomy Graduate School of Arts and Sciences University of Tokyo

出版者

Published for the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Physical Society of Japan

雑誌

Progress of theoretical physics (ISSN:0033068X)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.113, no.5, pp.953-962, 2005-05-25

参考文献数

45

被引用文献数

17

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We present a scenario for the formation of strange stars due to spin-down of rapidly rotating neutron stars left after supernova explosions. In this scenario the rapid rotation plays a crucial role. We assume that the total baryon mass is conserved but that both total energy and angular momentum are lost due to emission of gravitational waves and/or magnetic braking. Under this assumption, we calculate the transition from rapidly rotating neutron stars to slowly rotating strange stars. As a result, we find that a large amount of energy, ~10^<53>, ergs is released. The liberated energy might become a new energy source for the delayed explosion of a supernova. Furthermore, our scenario suggests that supernovas associated with gamma-ray bursts are feasible sources of observable gravitational waves.