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Frequency spectrum of gravitational radiation from global hydromagnetic oscillations of a magnetically confined mountain on an accreting neutron star | D. J. B. Payne
; A. Melatos
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3 Oct 2005 | Subject: | astro-ph | Abstract: | Recent time-dependent, ideal-magnetohydrodynamic (ideal-MHD) simulations of polar magnetic burial in accreting neutron stars have demonstrated that stable, magnetically confined mountains form at the magnetic poles, emitting gravitational waves at $f_{*}$ (stellar spin frequency) and $2 f_{*}$. Global MHD oscillations of the mountain, whether natural or stochastically driven, act to modulate the gravitational wave signal, creating broad sidebands (full-width half-maximum $sim 0.2f_*$) in the frequency spectrum around $f_{*}$ and $2 f_{*}$. The oscillations can enhance the signal-to-noise ratio achieved by a long-baseline interferometer with coherent matched filtering by up to 15 per cent, depending on where $f_*$ lies relative to the noise curve minimum. Coherent, multi-detector searches for continuous waves from nonaxisymmetric pulsars should be tailored accordingly. | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0510053 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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