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Gravitational-wave bursts from soft gamma-ray repeaters: Can they be detected?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-05-24 v1 Astrophysics

Abstract

In this letter we suggest a scenario for simultaneous emission of gravitational-wave and γ\gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) from soft gamma-ray repeaters (SGRs). we argue that both of the radiations can be generated by a super-Eddington accreting neutron stars in X-ray binaries. In this model a supercritical accretion transient takes back onto the remnant star the disk leftover by the hydrodynamic instability phase of a low magnetized, rapidly rotating neutron star in a X-ray binary system. We estimate the rise timescale Δtc=0.21ms\Delta t_c = 0.21 ms, minimum mass accretion rate needed to trigger the γ\gamma-ray emission, M˙λ=4.5×1028g\dot{M}_\lambda = 4.5 \times 10^{28} g, and its effective associated temperature Teff=740keVT_{eff} = 740 keV, and the timescale for repeating a burst of γ\gamma-rays ΔτR=11.3yr\Delta \tau_R = 11.3 yr. Altogether, we find the associated GW amplitude and frequency to be hc=2.7×1023/(Hz)1/2h_c = 2.7 \times 10^{-23}/{(Hz)}^{1/2} and fgw=966Hzf_{gw} = 966 Hz, for a source distance 55kpc\sim 55 kpc. Detectability of the pulses by t he forthcoming GW anntenas is discussed and found likely.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9801102,
  title  = {Gravitational-wave bursts from soft gamma-ray repeaters: Can they be detected?},
  author = {H. J. Mosquera Cuesta and J. C. N. de Araujo and O. D. Aguiar and J. E. Horvath},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9801102},
  year   = {2011}
}

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5 pages, [prl]{revtex}, 1 PS figure included. To appear in Physical Review Letters