Deformations of accreting neutron star crusts and gravitational wave emission
Deformations of accreting neutron star crusts and gravitational wave emission
Motivated by the remarkably narrow range of measured spin frequencies of ∼20 accreting (and weakly magnetic) neutron stars in the Galaxy, Bildsten conjectured that their spin-up had been halted by the emission of gravitational waves. If so, then the brightest persistent X-ray source on the sky, Scorpius X-1, should be …