Gravitational waves from a pulsar kick caused by neutrino conversions

Sep, 2003
15 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 69 (2004) 024008
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Report number:
  • UCLA-03-TEP-25

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Abstract: (arXiv)
It has been suggested that the observed pulsar velocities are caused by an asymmetric neutrino emission from a hot neutron star during the first seconds after the supernova collapse. We calculate the magnitude of gravitational waves produced by the asymmetries in the emission of neutrinos. The resulting periodic gravitational waves may be detectable by LIGO and LISA in the event of a nearby supernova explosion.
  • 04.30.Db
  • gravitational radiation: emission
  • pulsar
  • neutron star
  • neutrino: emission
  • neutrino: beam
  • angular distribution: asymmetry
  • neutrino: oscillation
  • supernova
  • magnetic field