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Gravitational Radiation from Strongly Magnetized White Dwarfs

Jeremy S. Heyl

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0001343

Abstract

The magnetic fields of white dwarfs distort their shape generating an anisotropic moment of inertia. A magnetized white dwarf which rotates obliquely relative to the symmetry axis has a mass quadrupole moment which varies in time, so it will emit gravitational radiation. LISA may be able to detect the gravitational waves from two nearby, quickly rotating white dwarfs.

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