The gravitational wave spectrum of non-axisymmetric, freely precessing neutron stars

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/22/9/022zbMATH Open1071.83523arXivgr-qc/0411030OpenAlexW1973876201MaRDI QIDQ4677883FDOQ4677883

Authors: Chris van Den Broeck 

Publication date: 23 May 2005

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Evidence for free precession has been observed in the radio signature of several pulsars. Freely precessing pulsars radiate gravitationally at frequencies near the rotation rate and twice the rotation rate, which for rotation frequencies greater than $sim10$ Hz is in the LIGO band. In older work, the gravitational wave spectrum of a precessing neutron star has been evaluated to first order in a small precession angle. Here we calculate the contributions to second order in the wobble angle, and we find that a new spectral line emerges. We show that for reasonable wobble angles, the second-order line may well be observable with the proposed advanced LIGO detector for precessing neutron stars as far away as the galactic center. Observation of the full second-order spectrum permits a direct measurement of the star's wobble angle, oblateness, and deviation from axisymmetry, with the potential to significantly increase our understanding of neutron star structure.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0411030

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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