Gravitational waves associated with the r-mode instability from neutron star-white dwarf mergers
arXiv:2410.03172 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.110.083001
Abstract
Neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) binaries evolve into either ultra-compact X-ray binaries undergoing stable mass transfer or direct mergers by unstable mass transfer. While much attention has been on gravitational wave (GW) emissions from NS-WD binaries with the former evolutionary pathway, this work explores GW emissions related to {\em r}-mode instability of the accreting NSs in NS-WD mergers particularly with WD's mass . Due to considerably high accretion rates, the GW emissions associated with both {\em r}-modes and magnetic deformation intrinsically induced by {\em r}-modes presented in this work are much stronger than those in NS-WD binaries categorized as intermediate-mass or low-mass X-ray binaries, rendering them interesting sources for the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory and upcoming Einstein Telescope. Moreover, these strong GW emissions might accompany some intriguing electromagnetic emissions such as peculiar long gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs), fast blue optical transients including kilonova-like emissions associated with peculiar LGRBs, and/or fast radio bursts.
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