Sanjeev Dhurandhar and Alberto Vecchio

We analyze the computational costs of searches  for continuous quasi-monochromatic gravitational waves  emitted by rotating neutron stars orbiting a companion object.  As a function of the relevant orbital parameters, we address  the computational load involved, in particular for targeted  serches, where the position of the object is essentially known;  the results are applied to known binary pulsars, LMXRB's -- in   particular Sco-X1 -- and systems that live in globular clusters.