2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/217050We present the first calculations of the gravitational radiation produced by nonaxisymmetric dynamical instability in a rapidly rotating compact star. The star deforms into a bar shape, shedding $\sim 4\%$ of its mass and $\sim 17\%$ of its angular momentum. The gravitational radiation is calculated in the quadrupole approximation. For a mass $M \sim 1.4$ M$_{\odot}$ and radius $R \sim 10$ km, the gravitational waves have frequency $\sim 4$ kHz and amplitude $h \sim 2 \times 10^{-22}$ at the distance of the Virgo Cluster. They carry off energy $ΔE/M \sim 0.1\%$ and radiate angular momentum $ΔJ/J \sim 0.7\%$.16 pages, LaTeX with REVTEX macros, reprints available - send mailing address to scott@eagle.drexel.edu. Published: PRL 72, 1314 (1994)General Relativity and Quantum CosmologyAstrophysicstext