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Accreting Double white dwarf binaries: Implications for LISA

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We explore the long-term evolution of mass-transferring white dwarf binaries undergoing both direct-impact and disk accretion and explore implications of such systems to gravitational wave astronomy. We cover a broad range of initial component masses and show that these systems, the majority of which lie within the LISA sensitivity range, exhibit prominent negative orbital frequency evolution (chirp) for a significant fraction of their lifetimes. Using a galactic population synthesis, we predict ~$2700$ double white dwarfs will be observable by LISA with negative chirps less than $-0.1\ yr^{-2}$. We also show that detections of mass-transferring double white dwarf systems by LISA may provide astronomers with unique ways of probing the physics governing close compact object binaries.

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Astrophysics and cosmology with a decihertz gravitational-wave detector: TianGO

gr-qc · 2019-08-16 · conditional · novelty 6.0

A decihertz space gravitational-wave detector paired with a ground network would localize compact binary mergers far more precisely than the ground network alone, supporting standard-siren cosmology, early warning, and studies of white dwarfs, black holes, and intermediate-mass black holes.

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  • Astrophysics and cosmology with a decihertz gravitational-wave detector: TianGO gr-qc · 2019-08-16 · conditional · none · ref 90 · internal anchor

    A decihertz space gravitational-wave detector paired with a ground network would localize compact binary mergers far more precisely than the ground network alone, supporting standard-siren cosmology, early warning, and studies of white dwarfs, black holes, and intermediate-mass black holes.