Gravitational Waves from Pulsars

• spinning neutron stars whose magnetic axis is offset from its axis of rotation.
• seen from Earth by its periodic pulses of electromagnetic radiation.
• small deviations from axisymmetry would lead to emission of gravitational waves.
• emit gravitational waves at a (nearly) single frequency for long periods of time.
• typical expected parameters:
  • distortion less than 10^-23.
  • frequencies in Hz to kHz range.
  • durations of years.
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