Gravitational pulsars: correlations between the electromagnetic and the continuous gravitational wave signal

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Autori principali: Antonelli, Marco, Basu, Avishek, Haskell, Brynmor
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author Antonelli, Marco
Basu, Avishek
Haskell, Brynmor
author_facet Antonelli, Marco
Basu, Avishek
Haskell, Brynmor
contents Neutron stars emitting continuous gravitational waves may be regarded as gravitational pulsars, in the sense that it could be possible to track the evolution of their rotational period with long-baseline observations of next-generation gravitational wave interferometers. Assuming that the pulsar's electromagnetic signal is tracked and allows us to monitor the pulsar's spin evolution, we provide a physical interpretation of the possible observed correlation between this timing solution and its gravitational counterpart, if the system is also detected in gravitational waves. In particular, we show that next-generation detectors, such as the Einstein Telescope, could have the sensitivity to discern different models for the coupling between the superfluid and normal components of the neutron star and constrain the origin of timing noise (whether due to magnetospheric or internal processes). Observational confirmation of one of the proposed scenarios would therefore provide valuable information on the physics of gravitational wave emission from pulsars.
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spellingShingle Gravitational pulsars: correlations between the electromagnetic and the continuous gravitational wave signal
Antonelli, Marco
Basu, Avishek
Haskell, Brynmor
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Neutron stars emitting continuous gravitational waves may be regarded as gravitational pulsars, in the sense that it could be possible to track the evolution of their rotational period with long-baseline observations of next-generation gravitational wave interferometers. Assuming that the pulsar's electromagnetic signal is tracked and allows us to monitor the pulsar's spin evolution, we provide a physical interpretation of the possible observed correlation between this timing solution and its gravitational counterpart, if the system is also detected in gravitational waves. In particular, we show that next-generation detectors, such as the Einstein Telescope, could have the sensitivity to discern different models for the coupling between the superfluid and normal components of the neutron star and constrain the origin of timing noise (whether due to magnetospheric or internal processes). Observational confirmation of one of the proposed scenarios would therefore provide valuable information on the physics of gravitational wave emission from pulsars.
title Gravitational pulsars: correlations between the electromagnetic and the continuous gravitational wave signal
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18439