Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2005-03-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
6 pages; 8 eps figures; Proceedings of the XXII Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Stanford University, Palo Alto,
Scientific paper
We propose a mechanism to make gravitational waves (GWs) visible in the electromagnetic domain. Gravitational waves that propagate through a strongly magnetized plasma interact with the plasma through its anisotropic stress-energy tensor and excite magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave modes. In catastrophic events such as the merger of a double neutron star binary, a large fraction of the total binding energy of the system is released in the form of GWs observable by LIGO, and the amount of energy transferred to the MHD waves is substantial. These modes, however, are excited at the same frequency as the GW and are not directly observable. In this paper we investigate radiation processes that operate in the presence of the gravitationally excited MHD waves and radiate in the radio regime accessible to LOFAR. We present order of magnitude estimates for the spectral flux of a merger detectable by a LOFAR.
Kuijpers Jan
Moortgat Joachim
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