Nuclear limits on gravitational waves from elliptically deformed pulsars

Details Nuclear limits on gravitational waves from elliptically deformed pulsars Nuclear limits on gravitational waves from elliptically deformed pulsars

2008-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1973v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

13 pages, 5 figures, and 2 Table. Accepted for publication in Physics Letters B

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physletb.2008.07.105

Gravitational radiation is a fundamental prediction of General Relativity. Elliptically deformed pulsars are among the possible sources emitting gravitational waves (GWs) with a strain-amplitude dependent upon the star's quadrupole moment, rotational frequency, and distance from the detector. We show that the gravitational wave strain amplitude $h_0$ depends strongly on the equation of state of neutron-rich stellar matter. Applying an equation of state with symmetry energy constrained by recent nuclear laboratory data, we set an upper limit on the strain-amplitude of GWs produced by elliptically deformed pulsars. Depending on details of the EOS, for several millisecond pulsars at distances $0.18kpc$ to $0.35kpc$ from Earth, the {\it maximal} $h_0$ is found to be in the range of $\sim[0.4-1.5]\times 10^{-24}$. This prediction serves as the first {\it direct} nuclear constraint on the gravitational radiation. Its implications are discussed.

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