Gravitational wave background from coalescing compact stars in eccentric orbits

Stochastic gravitational wave background produced by a stationary coalescing population of binary neutron stars in the Galaxy is calculated. This background is found to constitute a confusion limit within the LISA frequency band up to a limiting frequency \NUlim{}\sim 10^{-3} Hz, leaving the frequency window $\sim 10^{-3}$--$10^{-2}$ Hz open for the potential detection of cosmological stochastic gravitational waves and of signals involving massive black holes out to cosmological distances.Comment: 6 pages, 7 figure