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Gravitational wave frequencies and energies in hypernovae

Astrophysics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

A torus develops a state of suspended accretion against a magnetic wall around a rapidly rotating black hole formed in core-collapse hypernovae. It hereby emits about 10% of the black hole spin-energy in gravitational radiation from a finite number of multipole mass moments. We quantify the relation between the frequency of quadrupole gravitational radiation and the energy output EwE_w in torus winds by fgw470Hz(Ew/4×1052erg)1/2(7M/M)3/2f_{gw}\simeq 470{Hz}(E_w/4\times 10^{52}{erg})^{1/2}(7M_\odot/M)^{3/2}, where MM denotes the mass of the black hole. We propose that EwE_w irradiates the remnant stellar envelope from within. We identify EwE_w with energies 1052\sim 10^{52} erg inferred from X-ray observations on matter injecta; and the poloidal curvature in the magnetic wall with the horizon opening angle in baryon poor outflows that power true GRB energies of Eγ3×1051E_\gamma\simeq 3\times 10^{51} erg.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0209518,
  title  = {Gravitational wave frequencies and energies in hypernovae},
  author = {Maurice H. P. M. van Putten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0209518},
  year   = {2009}
}

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