Neutron stars as sources of gravitational waves

Neutron stars as sources of gravitational waves

Michał Bejger

The global network of ground-based gravitational-wave detectors (the Advanced LIGO and the Advanced Virgo) is sensitive at the frequency range corresponding to relativistic stellar-mass compact objects. Among the promising types of gravitational-wave sources are binary systems and rotating, deformed neutron stars. I will describe these sources and present predictions of how their observations will contribute to modern astrophysics in the near future.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 7, 27-32 (2018)

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