# UNIVERSALITY OF THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY ON THE SURFACE OF A RAPIDLY ROTATING NEUTRON STAR

@article{Algendy2014UNIVERSALITYOT,
title={UNIVERSALITY OF THE ACCELERATION DUE TO GRAVITY ON THE SURFACE OF A RAPIDLY ROTATING NEUTRON STAR},
author={Mohammad Talaat Algendy and Sharon M. Morsink},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2014},
volume={791}
}
• Published 2 April 2014
• Physics, Geology
• The Astrophysical Journal
On the surface of a rapidly rotating neutron star, the effective centrifugal force decreases the effective acceleration due to gravity (as measured in the rotating frame) at the equator while increasing the acceleration at the poles due to the centrifugal flattening of the star into an oblate spheroid. We compute the effective gravitational acceleration for relativistic rapidly rotating neutron stars and show that for a star with mass M, equatorial radius Re, and angular velocity Ω, the…

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