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Two binary neutron star mergers, GW170817 and GW190425, have been detected by Advanced LIGO and Virgo. These signals were detected by matched-filter searches that assume the star's orbit has circularized by the time their gravitational-wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-07-22 Amber K. Lenon , Alexander H. Nitz , Duncan A. Brown

We study the evolution of the eccentricity of an eccentric orbit with spinning components. We develop a prescription to express the evolving eccentricity in terms of reference eccentricity and frequency. For that purpose we considered the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-27 Sayak Datta

We solve the equations of two-dimensional hydrodynamics describing a circumbinary disk accreting onto an eccentric, equal-mass binary. We compute the time rate of change of the binary semimajor axis $a$ and eccentricity $e$ over a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-17 Daniel J. D'Orazio , Paul C. Duffell

In a series of papers, we developed a technique for estimating the inner eccentricity in hierarchical triple systems, with the inner orbit being initially circular. However, for certain combinations of the masses and the orbital elements,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Nikolaos Georgakarakos

Compact binaries on eccentric orbits are another class of gravitational-wave (GW) sources that can provide a wealth of information on binary formation pathways and astrophysical environments. However, historically, eccentricity is often…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-19 Khun Sang Phukon , Patricia Schmidt , Geraint Pratten

We perform a systematic study of eccentric orbiting nonspinning black hole binaries. We first make a technical study of the optimal full numerical techniques to apply to these studies. We choose different gauge parameters and Courant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-01-17 Giuseppe Ficarra , Carlos O. Lousto

We postulate that most stars are born in aggregates of binary systems which are dynamically equivalent to the `dominant mode cluster'. The initial binary orbits are consitent with pre-main sequence data. Stellar masses are paired at random…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Pavel Kroupa

Standard puncture initial data have been widely used for numerical binary black hole evolutions despite their shortcomings, most notably the inherent lack of gravitational radiation at the initial time that is later followed by a burst of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-20 George Reifenberger , Wolfgang Tichy

A numerical rotating neutron star solver is used to study the temporal evolution of accreting neutron stars using a multi-polytrope model for the nuclear equation of state named ACB5. The solver is based on a quadrupole expansion of the…

We report on numerical results from an independent formalism to describe the quasi-equilibrium structure of nonsynchronous binary neutron stars in general relativity. This is an important independent test of controversial numerical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Marronetti , G. J. Mathews , J. R. Wilson

We present the extension of our \cocal~- Compact Object CALculator - code to compute general-relativistic initial data for binary compact-star systems. In particular, we construct quasiequilibrium initial data for equal-mass binaries with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-04 Antonios Tsokaros , Koji Uryu , Luciano Rezzolla

Eclipsing binaries are observed to have a range of eccentricities and spin-orbit misalignments (stellar obliquities). Whether such properties are primordial, or arise from post-formation dynamical interactions remains uncertain. This paper…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-20 Kassandra R. Anderson , Dong Lai , Natalia I. Storch

Orbital eccentricity is a key signature of dynamical binary black hole formation. The gravitational waves from a coalescing binary contain information about its orbital eccentricity, which may be measured if the binary retains sufficient…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-14 Alan M. Knee , Isobel M. Romero-Shaw , Paul D. Lasky , Jess McIver , Eric Thrane

The energy carried in the gravitational wave signal from an eccentric binary is spread across several harmonics of the orbital frequency. The inclusion of the harmonics in the analysis of the gravitational wave signal increases the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. Benacquista

Rotation contributes to internal mixing processes and observed variability in massive stars. A significant number of binary stars are not in strict synchronous rotation, including all eccentric systems. This leads to a tidally induced and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-29 Gloria Koenigsberger , Edmundo Moreno , Norbert Langer

Most studies of mass transfer in binary systems assume circular orbits at the onset of Roche lobe overflow. However, there are theoretical and observational indications that mass transfer could occur in eccentric orbits. In particular,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-27 Adrian S. Hamers , Fani Dosopoulou

We construct new models of black hole-neutron star binaries in quasiequilibrium circular orbits by solving Einstein's constraint equations in the conformal thin-sandwich decomposition together with the relativistic equations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Keisuke Taniguchi , Thomas W. Baumgarte , Joshua A. Faber , Stuart L. Shapiro

We study the effect of tidal interaction between two compact bodies in an eccentric orbit. We assume the tidal fields to be static. Therefore, we ignore the dynamic tides and resonant excitations. Using the results, we find the analytical…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-03 John Paul Bernaldez , Sayak Datta

Knowledge of the orbits of visual binary stars has always been one of the fundamentals of astronomy. Based historically on the visual measures, nowadays the orbits rely more (or exclusively) on the accurate speckle data. This prompts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-23 Andrei Tokovinin

Binaries of supermassive black holes (MBHBs) represent the primary sources of the gravitational wave background (GWB) detectable by Pulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs). The eccentricity with which binaries form in galactic mergers is the key…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-01-06 Alessia Gualandris , Justin Read , Federica Fastidio , Julian Chan , Thibaut François , Nader Khonji , Walter Dehnen