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Systematic bias due to eccentricity in parameter estimation for merging binary neutron stars : Spinning case

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2026-03-10 v2

Abstract

In our previous work [Phys. Rev. D {\bf 105}. 124022 (2022)], we studied the impact of eccentricity on gravitational-wave parameter estimation for a nonspinning binary neutron star (BNS) system. We here extend the work to a more realistic case by including the spin parameter in the system. As in the previous work, we employ the analytic Fisher-Cutler-Vallisneri method to calculate the systematic bias that can be produced by using noneccentric waveforms in parameter estimation, and we verify the reliability of the method by comparing it with numerical Bayesian parameter estimation results. We generate 10410^4 BNS sources randomly distributed in the parameter space m1m_1-m2m_2-χeff\chi_{\rm eff}-e0e_0, where the neutron star mass is in the range of 1Mm1,22M(m2m1)1 M_\odot \leq m_{1,2}\leq 2M_\odot (m_2 \leq m_1), the effective spin is 0.2χeff0.2-0.2 \leq \chi_{\rm eff} \leq0 .2, and the eccentricity (at the reference frequency 10 Hz) is 0e00.0240 \leq e_0 \leq 0.024. For the true value of the tidal deformability (λ\lambda) of neutron stars, we assume the equation of state model APR4. For all gravitational-wave signals emitted from the sources, we calculate the systematic biases (Δθ\Delta \theta) for the chirp mass (McM_c), symmetric mass ratio (η\eta), effective spin (χeff\chi_{\rm eff}), and effective tidal deformability (λ~\tilde{\lambda}), and obtain generalized distributions of the biases. The distribution of biases in Mc,ηM_c, \eta, and χeff\chi_{\rm eff} shows narrow bands that increase or decrease quadratically with increasing e0e_0, indicating a weak dependence of biases on the three parameters. On the other hand, the biases of λ~\tilde{\lambda} are widely distributed depending on the values of the mass and spin parameters at a given e0e_0. We investigate the implications of biased parameters for the inference of neutron star properties by performing Bayesian parameter estimation for specific cases.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2512.07205,
  title  = {Systematic bias due to eccentricity in parameter estimation for merging binary neutron stars : Spinning case},
  author = {Eunjung Lee and Hee-Suk Cho and Chang-Hwan Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.07205},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

10 pages, 11 figures, to be published in PRD

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