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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 508, 期 4, 页码 5064-5073出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2721
关键词
black hole physics; gravitation; gravitational waves; scattering; globular clusters: general
资金
- Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
- Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India [12-RD-TFR-5.02-0200]
The article discusses the possibility of detecting gravitational waves from hyperbolic interactions of compact stars using ground-based interferometric detectors, suggesting that such detections may be achievable in the next few years. These detections could provide crucial constraints for estimating the number of isolated compact stars in the universe and complement observations of binary mergers.
Gravitationalwave (GW) astronomy promises to observe different kinds of astrophysical sources. Here, we explore the possibility of detection of GWs from hyperbolic interactions of compact stars with ground-based interferometric detectors. It is believed that a bound compact cluster, such as a globular cluster, can be a primary environment for these interactions. We estimate the detection rates for such events by considering local geometry within the cluster, accounting for scattering probability of compact stars at finite distances, and assuming realistic cluster properties guided by available numerical models, their formation times, and evolution of stars inside them. We find that, even in the conservative limit, it may be possible to detect such black hole encounters in the next few years by the present network of observatories with the ongoing sensitivity upgrades and one to few events per year with the next-generation observatories. In practice, actual detection rates can significantly surpass the estimated average rates, since the chances of finding outliers in a very large population can be high. Such observations (or, no observation) may provide crucial constraints to estimate the number of isolated compact stars in the universe. These detections will be exciting discoveries on their own and will be complementary to observations of binary mergers, bringing us one step closer to address a fundamental question: How many black holes are there in the observable universe?
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