Full-analytic frequency-domain gravitational wave forms from eccentric compact binaries to 2PN accuracy

DOI10.1002/ANDP.201100007zbMATH Open1229.83033arXiv1012.3894OpenAlexW2112341471MaRDI QIDQ3100727FDOQ3100727

Gerhard Schäfer, Manuel Tessmer

Publication date: 21 November 2011

Published in: Annalen der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The article provides full-analytic gravitational wave (GW) forms for eccentric nonspinning compact binaries of arbitrary mass ratio in the time Fourier domain. The semi-analytical property of recent descriptions, i.e. the demand of inverting the higher-order Kepler equation numerically but keeping all other computations analytic, is avoided for the first time. The article is a completion of a previous one (Tessmer and Sch"afer, Phys. Rev. D 82, 124064 (2010)) to second post-Newtonian (2PN) order in the harmonic GW amplitude and conservative orbital dynamics. A fully analytical inversion formula of the Kepler equation in harmonic coordinates is provided, as well as the analytic time Fourier expansion of trigonometric functions of the eccentric anomaly in terms of sines and cosines of the mean anomaly. Tail terms are not considered.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3894

zbMATH Keywords

perturbation theorygravitational wavespost-Newtonian approximationrelated approximationsbinary and multiple starswave generation and sources (gravitational wave theory)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Wave equation (35L05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Celestial mechanics (70F15) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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• Gravitational radiation from post-Newtonian sources and inspiralling compact binaries

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