We give here a new third post-Newtonisn (3PN) spin-spin contribution (in the PN parameter ϵ) to the accumulated orbital phase of a compact binary, arising from the spin-orbit precessional motion of the spins. In the equal mass case this contribution vanishes, but LISA sources of merging supermassive binary black holes have typically a mass ratio of 1:10. For such non-equal masses this 3PN correction is periodic in time, with period approximately ϵ−1 times larger than the period of gravitational waves. We derive a renormalized and simpler expression of the spin-spin coefficient at 2PN, as an average over the time-scale of this period of the combined 2PN and 3PN contribution. We also find that for LISA sources the quadrupole-monopole contribution to the phase dominates over the spin-spin contribution, while the self-spin contribution is negligible even for the dominant spin. Finally we define a renormalized total spin coefficient σˉ to be employed in the search for gravitational waves emitted by LISA sources.
@article{arxiv.0808.1704,
title = {Renormalized 2PN spin contributions to the accumulated orbital phase for LISA sources},
author = {László Á. Gergely and Balázs Mikóczi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.1704},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
v2: 14 pages, 6 figures, 2 animated gifs; new section on the comparison of the analytical results with numerical evolution; published version