Gravitational waves from a test particle scattered by a neutron star: Axial mode case

Kazuhiro Tominaga*, Motoyuki Saijo, Kei Ichi Maeda

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Using a metric perturbation method, we study gravitational waves from a test particle scattered by a spherically symmetric relativistic star. We calculate the energy spectrum and the waveform of gravitational waves for axial modes. Since metric perturbations in axial modes do not couple to the matter fluid of the star, emitted waves for a normal neutron star show only one peak in the spectrum, which corresponds to the orbital frequency at the turning point, where the gravitational field is strongest. However, for an ultracompact star (the radius R≲3M), another type of resonant periodic peak appears in the spectrum. This is just because of an excitation by a scattered particle of axial quasinormal modes, which were found by Chandrasekhar and Ferrari. This excitation comes from the existence of the potential minimum inside of a star. We also find for an ultracompact star many small periodic peaks at the frequency region beyond the maximum of the potential, which would be due to a resonance of two waves reflected by two potential barriers (Regge-Wheeler type and one at the center of the star). Such resonant peaks appear neither for a normal neutron star nor for a Schwarzschild black hole. Consequently, even if we analyze the energy spectrum of gravitational waves only for axial modes, it would be possible to distinguish between an ultracompact star and a normal neutron star (or a Schwarzschild black hole).

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)1-13
ページ数13
ジャーナルPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
60
2
出版ステータスPublished - 1999 7月 15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 数理物理学
  • 物理学および天文学(全般)
  • 核物理学および高エネルギー物理学
  • 物理学および天文学(その他)

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