Since the unexpected discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs), researchers have
proposed varied theories and models to explain their phenomena. One such model
that has recently been developed incorporates the so-called
Gertsenshtein-Zel’dovich (GZ) effect, which states that when gravitational
waves traverse the pulsar magnetosphere, a portion of their gravitational
radiation is transformed into electromagnetic (EM) radiation. The observed
properties of FRBs are consistent with the properties of this EM radiation,
implying, remarkably, that the GZ effect can account for both repeating and
non-repeating FRBs. If this model is correct, the pulsar’s properties should
not change over time, and it would continue to emit both EM dipole and
gravitational quadrupole radiation for a long period of time. This article
targets the gravitational radiation produced by the pulsar mechanism and shows
that several proposed gravitational wave detectors can detect these
gravitational waves. If such detections are performed in the future from the
positions of FRBs, it will validate the GZ process for FRB production and can
rule out several other FRB theories.
