Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Gravitating bodies are typically deformable and deviate from spherical symmetry and even axisymmetry. These deviations are encoded in the body's so-called mass and current multipole moments. This paper studies leading corrections to binary dynamics when the compact objects involved have arbitrary mass quadrupole moments. These corrections are important in modeling waveforms and interpreting gravitational wave data.
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: European Commission, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca, Sapienza Università di Roma, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Amaldi Research Center, H2020 European Research Council, H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
OpenAlex ID: W4283259668
