Is there any number ED generates to indicate the rate of rotation of Neutron Stars, black holes or just stars in general?
Neutron Star rotation
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It's all part of the Stellar Forge algorithms. But for neutron stars in a binary arrangement, there does seem to be some component of the algorithm that accelerates the rotation. This seems to be an attempt to mimic the real-world observations that pulsars with companion stars tend to rotate faster than expected for their apparent age, ultimately leading to the creation of a millisecond pulsar; it is assumed that matter spiraling down onto the neutron star helps speed it up.
Fast neutrons are always fun :| has a migraine while scooping
Source: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/422915006
I'm not on my gaming PC but I know the info isn't shown ingame. I wonder however if it is shown in the journal. There are some datas there that the game doesn't show. Would be worth a look.
It will just be the rotation period of the neutron star that indicates this, but you'd have to look at the journal to see anything interesting. The faster ones will have periods that are too short to display in the number of decimal places that the UI permits.
For example, the fastest one we have on record rotates about once per millisecond (Cieso JF-Z d188 A).
EDIT: And this isn't actually as absurd as it seams. In reality, the "millisecond" pulsars will actually rotate hundreds of times per second, possibly with periods that are most easily measured in numbers of milliseconds, hence the name. They usually require a close binary companion in order to reach these speeds, by stealing mass from that other star. They will speed up due to conservation of angular momentum. If there is no close binary companion, it probably means that it's consumed and destroyed the other star.
For example, the fastest one we have on record rotates about once per millisecond (Cieso JF-Z d188 A).
EDIT: And this isn't actually as absurd as it seams. In reality, the "millisecond" pulsars will actually rotate hundreds of times per second, possibly with periods that are most easily measured in numbers of milliseconds, hence the name. They usually require a close binary companion in order to reach these speeds, by stealing mass from that other star. They will speed up due to conservation of angular momentum. If there is no close binary companion, it probably means that it's consumed and destroyed the other star.
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My interest in this was tripped after reading an article about Black holes and theoretical the rotational speed could approach or exceed the speed of light due to the conservation of angular momentum but of course this is prohibited by General Relativity so the fastest Neutronstar is 0.24 c and a black hole ~0.9 c.
