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Cataclysmic variables as sources of gravitational waves

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

General Relativity predicts that binary systems of stars produce gravitational waves of significant intensity. Here we are particularly interested in the cataclysmic variable binaries (CVs). These systems emit low frequency gravitational waves, f<103Hz f < 10^{-3} Hz. We present here a catalog of CVs and argue that part of them are capable of being detected by the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0004406,
  title  = {Cataclysmic variables as sources of gravitational waves},
  author = {M. T. Meliani and J. C. N. de Araujo and O. D. Aguiar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0004406},
  year   = {2007}
}

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10 pages, 2 eps figures, (A&A) Latex. A&A (in press)