Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Scientific paper
2010-05-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
5 pages, 3 figures. Minor changes. Accepted in MNRAS Letters on August 6 2010
Scientific paper
White dwarfs inspiraling into black holes of mass $\MBH\simgt 10^5M_\odot$ are detectable sources of gravitational waves in the LISA band. In many of these events, the white dwarf begins to lose mass during the main observational phase of the inspiral. The mass loss starts gently and can last for thousands of orbits. The white dwarf matter overflows the Roche lobe through the $L_1$ point at each pericenter passage and the mass loss repeats periodically. The process occurs very close to the black hole and the released gas can accrete, creating a bright source of radiation with luminosity close to the Eddington limit, $L\sim 10^{43}$~erg~s$^{-1}$. This class of inspirals offers a promising scenario for dual detections of gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation.
Beloborodov Andrei M.
Menou Kristen
Zalamea Ivan
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