The orbital evolution and gravitational waves of OJ 287 in the 4th post-Newtonian order

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AC5D17MaRDI QIDQ5075461zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Balázs Kacskovics, Mátyás Vasúth

Publication date 16 May 2022

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.12496

zbMATH Keywords

general relativitygravitation wavespost-newtonism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Black holes (83C57) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Orbital mechanics (70M20) Gravitational waves (83C35) Propagation of singularities; initial value problems on manifolds (58J47)

Abstract: We computed the orbital evolution and the emitted gravitational radiation of the supermassive black hole binary OJ 287. Here we used the initial data provided by the outburst structure of the system. We considered the spin-spin, spin-orbit, and the next-to-next leading order fourth post-Newtonian (4PN) corrections in our analysis. In this way, we could make an accurate examination of unstable orbits ($3M<r<6M$) of the secondary black hole. We tested the 4PN terms by analyzing the total and radiated energy, compared the post-Newtonian parameters and the separation of the two black holes for 3PN and 4PN. In conclusion, the 4PN corrections provided a significantly more accurate tool for analyzing unstable orbits than earlier 3PN terms. Furthermore, in this paper, we show the gravitational waves emitted by OJ 287 during its complete orbital evolution including unstable orbits.

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