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Gravitational waves (GWs) from presumed binary black hole mergers are now being detected on a regular basis with the Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo interferometers. Exotic compact objects (ECOs) have been proposed that differ from Kerr…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-07 Yasmeen Asali , Peter T. H. Pang , Anuradha Samajdar , Chris Van Den Broeck

The detection of gravitational wave (GW) has opened a new window to test the theory of gravity in the strong field regime. In general relativity (GR), GW can only possess two tensor polarization modes, which are known as the $+$ and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-20 Ning Xie , Jian-dong Zhang , Shun-Jia Huang , Yi-Ming Hu , Jianwei Mei

We introduce a new technique to search for gravitational wave events from compact binary mergers that produce a clear signal only in a single gravitational wave detector, and marginal signals in other detectors. Such a situation can arise…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-09-22 Barak Zackay , Liang Dai , Tejaswi Venumadhav , Javier Roulet , Matias Zaldarriaga

Rapidly rotating white dwarfs in cataclysmic variable systems may be emitting gravitational radiation due to the recently discovered relativistic r-mode instability. Assuming that the four most rapidly rotating known systems are limited in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 William A. Hiscock

The merger of a white dwarf (WD) and a neutron star (NS) is a relatively common event that will produce an observable electromagnetic signal. Furthermore, the compactness of these stellar objects makes them an interesting candidate for…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-10 J. Moran-Fraile , F. K. Roepke , R. Pakmor , M. A. Aloy , S. T. Ohlmann , F. R. N. Schneider , G. Leidi

Hypervelocity white dwarfs (HVWDs) are stellar remnants moving at speeds exceeding the Milky Way's escape velocity. The origins of the fastest HVWDs are enigmatic, with proposed formation scenarios facing challenges explaining both their…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-07 Hila Glanz , Hagai B. Perets , Aakash Bhat , Ruediger Pakmor

Tidal interactions can play an important role as compact white dwarf (WD) binaries are driven together by gravitational waves (GWs). This will modify the strain evolution measured by future space-based GW detectors and impact the potential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Anthony L. Piro

It has been recently proposed that the ejected matter from white dwarf (WD) binary mergers can produce transient, optical and infrared emission similar to the "kilonovae" of neutron star (NS) binary mergers. To confirm this we calculate the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-04-10 J. A. Rueda , R. Ruffini , Y. Wang , C. L. Bianco , J. M. Blanco-Iglesias , M. Karlica , P. Loren-Aguilar , R. Moradi , N. Sahakyan

The dynamical formation channels of gravitational wave (GW) sources typically involve a stage when the compact object binary source interacts with the environment, which may excite its eccentricity, yielding efficient GW emission. For the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-28 Zeyuan Xuan , Smadar Naoz , Bence Kocsis , Erez Michaely

The unprecedented range of second-generation gravitational-wave (GW) observatories calls for refining the predictions of potential sources and detection rates. The coalescence of double compact objects (DCOs)---i.e., neutron star-neutron…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-07 M. Dominik , E. Berti , R. O'Shaughnessy , I. Mandel , K. Belczynski , C. Fryer , D. Holz , T. Bulik , F. Pannarale

The detection of the events GW150914 and GW151226, both consistent with the merger of a binary black hole system (BBH), opened the era of gravitational wave (GW) astronomy. Besides BBHs, the most promising GW sources are the coalescences of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-12-07 Barbara Patricelli , Massimiliano Razzano , Giancarlo Cella , Francesco Fidecaro , Elena Pian , Marica Branchesi , Antonio Stamerra

The gravitational-wave (GW) detection of GW190521 has provided new insights on the mass distribution of black holes and new constraints for astrophysical formation channels. With independent claims of GW190521 having significant pre-merger…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-03-24 A. Miguel Holgado , Alexis Ortega , Carl L. Rodriguez

We introduce a classification scheme of the post-merger dynamics and gravitational-wave emission in binary neutron star mergers, after identifying a new mechanism by which a secondary peak in the gravitational-wave spectrum is produced. It…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 A. Bauswein , N. Stergioulas

White dwarfs (WDs) are frequently observed to have strong magnetic fields up to $10^9$ G and expected to have a possible internal field as high as $\sim 10^{14}$ G. High internal fields can significantly deform a WD's equilibrium structure,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 Mayusree Das , Banibrata Mukhopadhyay , Tomasz Bulik

Explaining gravitational-wave (GW) observations of binary neutron star (BNS) mergers requires an understanding of matter beyond nuclear saturation density. Our current knowledge of the properties of high-density matter relies on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-15 Giuseppe Rivieccio , Davide Guerra , Milton Ruiz , José A. Font

The remnant star of a neutron star merger is an anticipated loud source of kiloHertz gravitational waves that conveys unique information on the equation of state of hot matter at extreme densities. Observations of such signals are hampered…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-22 Matteo Breschi , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Francesco Zappa , Michalis Agathos , Albino Perego , David Radice , Alessandro Nagar

The higher-multipoles of gravitational wave signals from coalescing compact binaries play a vital role in the accurate reconstruction of source properties, bringing about a deeper and nuanced understanding of fundamental physics and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 Soumen Roy , Anand S. Sengupta , K. G. Arun

We study the possibility of orbital synchronization capture for a hierarchical quadrupole stellar system composed by two binaries emitting gravitational waves. Based on a simple model including the mass transfer for white dwarf binaries, we…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-02-07 Naoki Seto

Galactic double white dwarfs are predominant sources of gravitational waves in the millihertz frequencies accessible to space-borne gravitational wave detectors. With advances in multi-messenger astronomy, an increasing number of double…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-06 Hong-Ming Jin , Bo Ma , Yong Shao , Yan Wang

Double Degenerate systems (DDs) are supposed to be significant gravitational wave (GW) sources for future space-based gravitational-wave detectors, e.g., Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Recently, one type of DDs with Extremely…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Zhenwei Li , Xuefei Chen , Hai-Liang Chen , Jiao Li , Shenghua Yu , Zhanwen Han