Improving the inference of the stellar quantities using the extended $I$-Love-$Q$-$\delta M$ relations
Abstract
In relativistic Astrophysics the -Love- relations refer to approximately EoS-independent relations involving the moment of inertia, Love number, and quadrupole moment through some quantities that are normalised by the mass of the background configuration of the perturbative scheme. Since is not an observable quantity, this normalisation hinders the direct applicability of the relations. A common remedy assumes that coincides with the actual mass of the star ; however, this approximation is only adequate for very slow rotation (when the dimensionless spin parameter is ). The more accurate alternative approach, based on the -Love-- set of relations, circumvents this limitation by enabling the inference of . Here we review both approaches and provide numerical comparisons.
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@article{arxiv.2512.09554,
title = {Improving the inference of the stellar quantities using the extended $I$-Love-$Q$-$\delta M$ relations},
author = {Eneko Aranguren and José A. Font and Nicolas Sanchis-Gual and Raül Vera},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.09554},
year = {2025}
}
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Presented at the 24th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR24) and the 16th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (Amaldi16) held from 14-18 July 2025 at the Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow