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Self-interaction spin effects in inspiralling compact binaries

Astrophysics 2009-11-11 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Gravitational radiation drives compact binaries through an inspiral phase towards a final coalescence. For binaries with\textit{spin, mass quadrupole and magnetic dipole moments}, various contributions add to this process, which is characterized by the rate of increase df/dtdf/dt of the gravitational wave frequency and the accumulated number N\mathcal{N} of gravitational wave cycles. We present here all contributions to df/dtdf/dt and % \mathcal{N} up to the second post-Newtonian order. Among them we give for the first time the contributions due to the \textit{self-interaction of individual spins}. These are shown to be commensurable with the proper spin-spin contributions for the recently discovered J0737-3039 double pulsar, and argued to represent the first corrections to the radiation reaction in the Lense-Thirring approach.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0504538,
  title  = {Self-interaction spin effects in inspiralling compact binaries},
  author = {Balázs Mikóczi and Mátyás Vasúth and László Á. Gergely},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0504538},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

slightly expanded, references added, to appear in Phys. Rev. D