Stars as resonant absorbers of gravitational waves
McKernan B, Ford KES, Kocsis B, Haiman Z. 2014. Stars as resonant absorbers of gravitational waves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 445(1), L74–L78.
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McKernan, B.;
Ford, K. E. S.;
Kocsis, B.;
Haiman, ZoltánISTA
Abstract
Quadrupole oscillation modes in stars can resonate with incident gravitational waves (GWs), and grow non-linear at the expense of GW energy. Stars near massive black hole binaries (MBHBs) can act as GW-charged batteries, discharging radiatively. Mass-loss from these stars can prompt MBHB accretion at near-Eddington rates. GW opacity is independent of amplitude, so distant resonating stars can eclipse GW sources. Absorption by the Sun of GWs from Galactic white dwarf binaries may be detectable with second-generation space-based GW detectors as a shadow within a complex diffraction pattern.
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2014-09-18
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
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Oxford University Press
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445
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1
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L74-L78
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McKernan B, Ford KES, Kocsis B, Haiman Z. Stars as resonant absorbers of gravitational waves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 2014;445(1):L74-L78. doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slu136
McKernan, B., Ford, K. E. S., Kocsis, B., & Haiman, Z. (2014). Stars as resonant absorbers of gravitational waves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu136
McKernan, B., K. E. S. Ford, B. Kocsis, and Zoltán Haiman. “Stars as Resonant Absorbers of Gravitational Waves.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. Oxford University Press, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu136.
B. McKernan, K. E. S. Ford, B. Kocsis, and Z. Haiman, “Stars as resonant absorbers of gravitational waves,” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, vol. 445, no. 1. Oxford University Press, pp. L74–L78, 2014.
McKernan B, Ford KES, Kocsis B, Haiman Z. 2014. Stars as resonant absorbers of gravitational waves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 445(1), L74–L78.
McKernan, B., et al. “Stars as Resonant Absorbers of Gravitational Waves.” Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, vol. 445, no. 1, Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. L74–78, doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slu136.
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