Octupolar invariants for compact binaries on quasi-circular orbits

Autor: Nolan, Patrick, Kavanagh, Chris, Dolan, Sam R, Ottewill, Adrian C, Warburton, Niels, Wardell, Barry
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Phys. Rev. D 92, 123008 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.92.123008
Popis: We extend the gravitational self-force methodology to identify and compute new $O(\mu)$ tidal invariants for a compact body of mass $\mu$ on a quasi-circular orbit about a black hole of mass $M \gg \mu$. In the octupolar sector we find seven new degrees of freedom, made up of 3+3 conservative/dissipative `electric' invariants and 3+1 `magnetic' invariants, satisfying 1+1 and 1+0 trace conditions. After formulating for equatorial circular orbits on Kerr spacetime, we calculate explicitly for Schwarzschild spacetime. We employ both Lorenz gauge and Regge-Wheeler gauge numerical codes, and the functional series method of Mano, Suzuki and Takasugi. We present (i) highly-accurate numerical data and (ii) high-order analytical post-Newtonian expansions. We demonstrate consistency between numerical and analytic results, and prior work. We explore the application of these invariants in effective one-body models, and binary black hole initial-data formulations, and conclude with a discussion of future work.
Comment: 24 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables
Databáze: arXiv