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Gravitational radiation from strongly magnetized white dwarfs

Jeremy HeylTheoretical Astrophysics 13033, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyjournal2000en
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Abstract

The magnetic fields of white dwarfs distort their shape generating an anisotropic moment of inertia. A magnetized white dwarf that rotates obliquely relative to the symmetry axis has a mass quadrupole moment that varies in time, so it will emit gravitational radiation. The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission may be able to detect the gravitational waves from two nearby, rapidly rotating white dwarfs.

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Pulsars and Gravitational Waves ResearchStellar, planetary, and galactic studiesGamma-ray bursts and supernovae

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10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03533.x

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