Viscosity and r-mode damping in stars with quark matter

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Abstract

The effect of shear and bulk viscosity on $r$-mode oscillations in compact stars with quark matter is presented. We consider both the ungapped and gapped color-flavor-locked (CFL) phase of quark matter. In ungapped quark phase $r$-mode is damped for temperatures $10^8$ K $-5\times 10^9$ K even for rapid rotations whereas in CFL phase $r$-mode is not damped in the temperature range $10^{10}$ K $-10^{11}$ K. We find viscous damping of $r$-mode in quark matter leads to larger critical frequencies and smaller spin-periods compared to rotating neutron stars.

Authors

  • Gautam Rupak

    • Mississippi State University
  • Prashanth Jaikumar

    • Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India and Argonne National laboratory
  • Andrew W. Steiner

    • Michigan State University