Eccentric gravitational wave bursts in the post-Newtonian formalism

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA7449zbMATH Open1367.83027arXiv1702.01818OpenAlexW2587963499MaRDI QIDQ5283567FDOQ5283567

Authors: Nicholas Loutrel, Nicolás Yunes 

Publication date: 24 July 2017

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

Abstract: The detection of GW150914 by ground based gravitational wave observatories has brought about a new era in astrophysics. At optimal sensitivity, these observatories are expected to detect several events each year, with one or two of these occurring with non-negligible eccentricity. Such eccentric binaries will emit bursts of gravitational radiation during every pericenter passage, where orbital velocities can reach greater than ten percent the speed of light. As a result, such binaries may prove to be powerful probes of extreme gravitational physics and astrophysics. A promising method of achieving detection of such binaries is through power stacking, where the power in each burst is added up in time-frequency space. This detection strategy requires a theoretical prior of where the bursts will occur in time and frequency so that one knows where to search for successive bursts. We here present a generic post-Newtonian formalism for constructing such time-frequency model priors at generic post-Newtonian order. We apply our formalism to generate a burst model at third post-Newtonian order, making it potentially the most accurate, fully analytic model to date.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.01818

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zbMATH Keywords

gravitational wavespost-Newtonian approximationeccentric binaries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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