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LISA引力波前景:双白矮星的研究

The LISA Gravitational Wave Foreground: A Study of Double White Dwarfs

A. J. Ruiter, K. Belczynski, M. Benacquista, S. L. Larson, G. Williams

摘要:

双白矮星预计将成为未来引力波天文台LISA的一个混淆有限噪声源。在特定的频率范围内,这种“前景噪声”被预测为高于仪器噪声,并阻碍其他类型信号的检测,例如,由恒星质量的物体产生的引力波螺旋式地进入大质量的黑洞。在许多以前的研究中,在估计LISA引力波前景信号时,只考虑了致密天体双星的分离种群。在这里,我们调查的影响,紧凑的对象分离和罗奇叶溢出星系双星的形状和强度的LISA信号。由于轨道周期在LISA灵敏度范围内的残余双星中,99%以上是白矮星,因此在计算LISA信号时,我们只考虑这些双星。我们发现,RLOF二进制文件的前景噪声的贡献是可以忽略不计的在低频率,但在较高的频率变得显着,推动的频率,在那里的前景噪声下降到低于仪器噪声>6兆赫。我们发现,重要的是要考虑人口的质量转移二进制文件,以获得一个准确的评估前景噪声的LISA数据流。然而,我们估计仍然存在相当数量(~11300)的银河系双白矮星双星,它们的信噪比>5,因此可能可以用LISA解析。我们提出了从银河系人口的白矮星双星的LISA引力波信号,显示最重要的形成通道,有助于LISA盘和隆起人口,并讨论这些新发现的影响。

英文摘要:

Double white dwarfs are expected to be a source of confusion-limited noise for the future gravitational wave observatory LISA. In a specific frequency range, this 'foreground noise' is predicted to rise above the instrumental noise and hinder the detection of other types of signals, e.g., gravitational waves arising from stellar mass objects inspiraling into massive black holes. In many previous studies only detached populations of compact object binaries have been considered in estimating the LISA gravitational wave foreground signal. Here, we investigate the influence of compact object detached and Roche-Lobe Overflow Galactic binaries on the shape and strength of the LISA signal. Since >99% of remnant binaries which have orbital periods within the LISA sensitivity range are white dwarf binaries, we consider only these binaries when calculating the LISA signal. We find that the contribution of RLOF binaries to the foreground noise is negligible at low frequencies, but becomes significant at higher frequencies, pushing the frequency at which the foreground noise drops below the instrumental noise to >6 mHz. We find that it is important to consider the population of mass transferring binaries in order to obtain an accurate assessment of the foreground noise on the LISA data stream. However, we estimate that there still exists a sizeable number (~11300) of Galactic double white dwarf binaries which will have a signal-to-noise ratio >5, and thus will be potentially resolvable with LISA. We present the LISA gravitational wave signal from the Galactic population of white dwarf binaries, show the most important formation channels contributing to the LISA disc and bulge populations and discuss the implications of these new findings.

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