Direct Detection of Gravity Waves from Neutron Stars
| dc.creator | Fakir, Redouane Al | |
| dc.creator | Unruh, William G. | |
| dc.date | 2008-05-24 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T09:40:49Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T09:40:49Z | |
| dc.description | In light of the discovery of the first-ever double pulsar system, PSR J0737-3039, we re-examine an earlier proposal to directly detect gravity waves from neutron stars, which was predicated on a hypothetical system almost identical to the later discovered double pulsar. We re-derive the effect in more detail, and confirm the initial estimate--sometimes doubted in the literature--that it includes a 1/b dependence, where b is the impact parameter of a pulsar with respect to its foreground, gravity-wave emitting, neutron star companion. A coherent modulation in pulsar time-of-arrival measurements of 10 nano-sec/sec is possible. A one-year intermittent experiment on an instrument comparable to the SKA could thus detect the exceedingly faint gravity waves from individual neutron stars. | |
| dc.description | 19 pages, 2 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3750 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3750 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/161609 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Direct Detection of Gravity Waves from Neutron Stars | |
| dc.type | text |