Effects of Rotation on the Gravitational Momentum Transfer in Neutron-Star Kicks and Implications for Spin-Kick Alignment

arXiv:2606.17496 · astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-06-16 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.HE, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-06-16

Updated: 2026-09-03

Comments: Submitted to PASA

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Terminology

• Alignment — 34× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 14× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Momentum transfer — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Anisotropy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accretion Shock — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Angular Momentum Loss — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• National Science Foundation — 1× in this paper

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