Aligned spins: orbital elements, decaying orbits, and last stable circular orbit to high post-Newtonian orders

Author: Tessmer M   Hartung J   Schäfer G  

Publisher: IOP Publishing

ISSN: 0264-9381

Source: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol.30, Iss.1, 2013-01, pp. : 15007-15044

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Abstract

In this paper, the quasi-Keplerian parameterization for the case that spins and orbital angular momentum in a compact binary system are aligned or anti-aligned with the orbital angular momentum vector is extended to 3PN point-mass, next-to-next-to-leading order spin–orbit, next-to-next-to-leading order spin(1)–spin(2) and next-to-leading order spin-squared dynamics in the conservative regime. In a further step, we use the expressions for the radiative multipole moments with spin to leading order linear and quadratic in both spins to compute radiation losses of the orbital binding energy and angular momentum. Orbital averaged expressions for the decay of energy and eccentricity are provided. An expression for the last stable circular orbit is given in terms of the angular velocity-type variable x.