Cataclysmic variables as sources of gravitational waves

Authors
Meliani, MT de Araujo, JCN Aguiar, OD
Citation
Mt. Meliani et al., Cataclysmic variables as sources of gravitational waves, ASTRON ASTR, 358(2), 2000, pp. 417-424
Citations number
67
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
358
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
417 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(200006)358:2<417:CVASOG>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
General relativity predicts that binary systems of stars produce gravitatio nal waves of significant intensity. Here we are particularly interested in the cataclysmic variable binaries (CVs). These systems emit low frequency g ravitational waves, f < 10(-3) Hz. We present here a catalog of CVs and arg ue that part of them are capable of being detected by the Laser Interferome ter Space Antenna (LISA).