Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2005-10-03
Astrophys.J.641:471-478,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/498855
Recent time-dependent, ideal-magnetohydrodynamic (ideal-MHD) simulations of polar magnetic burial in accreting neutron stars have demonstrated that stable, magnetically confined mountains form at the magnetic poles, emitting gravitational waves at $f_{*}$ (stellar spin frequency) and $2 f_{*}$. Global MHD oscillations of the mountain, whether natural or stochastically driven, act to modulate the gravitational wave signal, creating broad sidebands (full-width half-maximum $\sim 0.2f_*$) in the frequency spectrum around $f_{*}$ and $2 f_{*}$. The oscillations can enhance the signal-to-noise ratio achieved by a long-baseline interferometer with coherent matched filtering by up to 15 per cent, depending on where $f_*$ lies relative to the noise curve minimum. Coherent, multi-detector searches for continuous waves from nonaxisymmetric pulsars should be tailored accordingly.
Melatos Andrew
Payne D. J. B.
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