About gravitational-wave generation by a three-body system

作者:Bonetti Matteo*; Barausse Enrico; Faye Guillaume; Haardt Francesco; Sesana Alberto
来源:Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2017, 34(21): 215004.
DOI:10.1088/1361-6382/aa8da5

摘要

We highlight some subtleties that affect naive implementations of quadrupolar and octupolar gravitational waveforms from numerically-integrated trajectories of three-body systems. Some of those subtleties arise from the requirement that the source be contained in its 'coordinate near zone' when applying the standard PN formulae for gravitational-wave emission, and from the need to use the non-linear Einstein equations to correctly derive the quadrupole emission formula. We show that some of these subtleties were occasionally overlooked in the literature, with consequences for published results. We also provide prescriptions that lead to correct and robust predictions for the waveforms computed from numerically-integrated orbits.

  • 出版日期2017-11-9