Angular momentum transfer to a star by gravitational waves
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and Introduction Interaction of a stochastic background of gravitational radiation with celestial systems changes their dynamical elements in a random manner and give rise to secular changes in time(Berttoti 1973, Mashhoon etal 1981, Khosroshahi and Sobouti 1997). It has been speculated that a study of such secular changes might serve as a possible mean of detecting gravitational radiation. In this spirit we study the angular momentum transfer from a random background of radiation either to a rotating star or to an oscillating one. The angular momentum transferred to such objects by a continuous plane wave is proportional to time, t, and by an stochastic background is proportional to t.
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