Stellar Pulsations excited by a scattered mass
arXiv:gr-qc/9901060 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.59.124020
Abstract
We compute the energy spectra of the gravitational signals emitted when a mass m is scattered by the gravitational field of a star of mass M >> m. We show that, unlike black holes in similar processes, the quasi-normal modes of the star are excited, and that the amount of energy emitted in these modes depends on how close the exciting mass can get to the star.
23 pages, 6 figures, RevTeX