Continuous Gravitational Waves and Magnetic Monopole Signatures from Single Neutron Stars

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Continuous Gravitational Waves and Magnetic Monopole Signatures from Single Neutron Stars
المؤلفون: Chandra, P. V. S. Pavan, Korwar, Mrunal, Thalapillil, Arun M.
المصدر: Phys. Rev. D 101, 075028 (2020)
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
مصطلحات موضوعية: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, High Energy Physics - Theory
الوصف: Future observations of continuous gravitational waves from single neutron stars, apart from their monumental astrophysical significance, could also shed light on fundamental physics and exotic particle states. One such avenue is based on the fact that magnetic fields cause deformations of a neutron star, which results in a magnetic-field-induced quadrupole ellipticity. If the magnetic and rotation axes are different, this quadrupole ellipticity may generate continuous gravitational waves which may last decades, and may be observable in current or future detectors. Light, milli-magnetic monopoles, if they exist, could be pair-produced non-perturbatively in the extreme magnetic fields of neutron stars, such as magnetars. This non-perturbative production furnishes a new, direct dissipative mechanism for the neutron star magnetic fields. Through their consequent effect on the magnetic-field-induced quadrupole ellipticity, they may then potentially leave imprints in the early stage continuous gravitational wave emissions. We speculate on this possibility in the present study, by considering some of the relevant physics and taking a very simplified toy model of a magnetar as the prototypical system. Preliminary indications are that new-born millisecond magnetars could be promising candidates to look for such imprints. Deviations from conventional evolution, and comparatively abrupt features in the early stage gravitational waveforms, distinct from other astrophysical contributions, could be distinguishable signatures for these exotic monopole states.
Comment: 26 pages, 5 figures. Typos corrected and updated references
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.101.075028
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.12855
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1909.12855
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.075028