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Journal article
Gravitational waves emission by millisecond accreting neutron stars
Creators
- 1. Dipt. di Fisica Univ. di Ferrara e INFN Sez. di Ferrara, Ferrara (Italy)
- 2. Racak Institute of Physics, The Hebrew of Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Israel)
- 3. Osservatorio astronomico di Roma, Roma (Italy)
Description
Strong toroidal magnetic fields can be generated by differential rotation induced by r-modes in the core of the rapidly rotating neutron stars (NSs). The intensities of these fields can reach strengths of order 1014 G deforming significantly the star. The magnetically deformed NS may radiate gravitational waves (GWs) if the symmetry axis of the generated magnetic field is not aligned with the spin axis. This mechanism may explain the upper limit of the spin frequencies of accreting NSs in Low Mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs).
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuovo Cimento. C (Print)
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 124-127
- ISSN
- 2037-4909
Conference
- Title
- colloquia on high energy physics
- Acronym
- IFAE 2012
- Dates
- 11-13 Apr 2012
- Place
- Ferrara (Italy)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Italy
- Country of Input or Organization
- Italy
- INIS RN
- 44084466
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ASTROPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEUTRON STARS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; INTERACTIONS; PHYSICS; STARS