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| Paper: |
Galactic Binaries with eLISA |
| Volume: |
467, 9th LISA Symposium |
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27 |
| Authors: |
Nelemans, G. |
| Abstract: |
I review what eLISA will see from Galactic binaries — double stars
with orbital periods less than a few hours and white dwarf (or neutron
star/black hole) components. I discuss the currently known binaries
that are guaranteed (or verification) sources and explain why the
expected total number of eLISA Galactic binaries is several thousand,
even though there are large uncertainties in our knowledge of this
population, in particular that of the interacting AM CVn systems. I
very briefly sketch the astrophysical questions that can be addressed
once these thousands of systems are detected. I close with a short
outline of the electro-magnetic facilities that will come on line
before eLISA will fly and the importance of developing analysis plans
using both electro-magnetic and gravitational wave data. |
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