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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 124011 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 4 Dec 2012 |
Abstract
We consider a simulated population of isolated Galactic neutron stars. The rotational frequency of each neutron star evolves through a combination of electromagnetic and gravitational-wave emission. The magnetic field strength dictates the dipolar emission, and the ellipticity (a measure of a neutron star's deformation) dictates the gravitational-wave emission. Through both analytic and numerical means, we assess the detectability of the Galactic neutron star population and bound the magnetic field strength and ellipticity parameter space of Galactic neutron stars with or without a direct gravitational-wave detection. While our simulated population is primitive, this work establishes a framework by which future efforts can be conducted.
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- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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In: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Vol. 86, No. 12, 124011, 04.12.2012.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuous gravitational waves from isolated Galactic neutron stars in the advanced detector era
AU - Wade, Leslie
AU - Siemens, Xavier
AU - Kaplan, David L.
AU - Knispel, Benjamin
AU - Allen, Bruce
N1 - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS L. W. would like to thank Patrick Brady, Jolien Creigthon, and Madeline Wade for helpful discussions and Adam Mercer, Chris Pankow, and Greg Skelton for diligent technical assistance. X. S. would like to thank Curt Cutler for useful discussions. We would also like to thank the anonymous referee who provided several helpful comments and suggestions. This work was partially funded by the NSF through CAREER Grants No. 0955929 and No. 0970074, and the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium.
PY - 2012/12/4
Y1 - 2012/12/4
N2 - We consider a simulated population of isolated Galactic neutron stars. The rotational frequency of each neutron star evolves through a combination of electromagnetic and gravitational-wave emission. The magnetic field strength dictates the dipolar emission, and the ellipticity (a measure of a neutron star's deformation) dictates the gravitational-wave emission. Through both analytic and numerical means, we assess the detectability of the Galactic neutron star population and bound the magnetic field strength and ellipticity parameter space of Galactic neutron stars with or without a direct gravitational-wave detection. While our simulated population is primitive, this work establishes a framework by which future efforts can be conducted.
AB - We consider a simulated population of isolated Galactic neutron stars. The rotational frequency of each neutron star evolves through a combination of electromagnetic and gravitational-wave emission. The magnetic field strength dictates the dipolar emission, and the ellipticity (a measure of a neutron star's deformation) dictates the gravitational-wave emission. Through both analytic and numerical means, we assess the detectability of the Galactic neutron star population and bound the magnetic field strength and ellipticity parameter space of Galactic neutron stars with or without a direct gravitational-wave detection. While our simulated population is primitive, this work establishes a framework by which future efforts can be conducted.
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U2 - 10.48550/arXiv.1209.2971
DO - 10.48550/arXiv.1209.2971
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84870577433
VL - 86
JO - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
JF - Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
SN - 1550-7998
IS - 12
M1 - 124011
ER -