LISA sources in globular clusters

Citation
Mj. Benacquista et al., LISA sources in globular clusters, CLASS QUANT, 18(19), 2001, pp. 4025-4031
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY
ISSN journal
02649381 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
19
Year of publication
2001
Pages
4025 - 4031
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-9381(20011007)18:19<4025:LSIGC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Globular clusters house a population of compact binaries that will be inter esting gravitational wave sources for LISA.. We provide estimates for the n umbers of sources of several categories and discuss the sensitivity of LISA to detecting these sources. The estimated total number of detectable sourc es ranges from similar to 10 to similar to 10(3) with gravitational wave fr equencies above 1 mHz. These sources are typically undetectable by any othe r means and thus offer an opportunity for doing true gravitational-wave ast ronomy. The detection of these sources would provide information about both binary star evolution and the dynamics of globular clusters.