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Cumulative Shift of Periastron Time of Binary Pulsar with Kozai-Lidov Oscillation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-05-08 v2 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We study a hierarchical triple system with the Kozai-Lidov mechanism, and analyse the cumulative shift of periastron time of a binary pulsar by the emission of gravitational waves. Time evolution of the osculating orbital elements of the triple system is calculated by directly integrating the first-order post-Newtonian equations of motion. The Kozai-Lidov mechanism will bend the evolution curve of the cumulative shift when the eccentricity becomes large. We also investigate the parameter range of mass and semi-major axis of the third companion with which the bending of the cumulative-shift curve could occur within 100 years.

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@article{arxiv.1903.00287,
  title  = {Cumulative Shift of Periastron Time of Binary Pulsar with Kozai-Lidov Oscillation},
  author = {Haruka Suzuki and Priti Gupta and Hirotada Okawa and Kei-ichi Maeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.00287},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

6 pages, 3 figures, accepted by MNRAS letters