A post-Newtonian diagnosis of quasiequilibrium configurations of neutron star-neutron star and neutron star-black hole binaries

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dc.creatorBerti, Emanuele
dc.creatorIyer, Sai
dc.creatorWill, Clifford M.
dc.date2007-09-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:19:22Z
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dc.descriptionWe use a post-Newtonian diagnostic tool to examine numerically generated quasiequilibrium initial data sets for non-spinning double neutron star and neutron star-black hole binary systems. The PN equations include the effects of tidal interactions, parametrized by the compactness of the neutron stars and by suitable values of ``apsidal'' constants, which measure the degree of distortion of stars subjected to tidal forces. We find that the post-Newtonian diagnostic agrees well with the double neutron star initial data, typically to better than half a percent except where tidal distortions are becoming extreme. We show that the differences could be interpreted as representing small residual eccentricity in the initial orbits. In comparing the diagnostic with preliminary numerical data on neutron star-black hole binaries, we find less agreement.
dc.description17 pages, 6 tables, 8 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2589
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2589
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D77:024019,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.77.024019
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/193660
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleA post-Newtonian diagnosis of quasiequilibrium configurations of neutron star-neutron star and neutron star-black hole binaries
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