Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries

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Sravan, N.; Valsecchi, F.; Kalogera, V.; Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
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2014
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Although not nearly as numerous as binaries with two white dwarfs, eccentric neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) binaries are important gravitational-wave (GW) sources for the next generation of space-based detectors sensitive to low frequency waves. Here we investigate periastron precession in these sources as a result of general relativistic, tidal, and rotational effects; such precession is expected to be detectable for at least some of the detected binaries of this type. Currently, two eccentric NS-WD binaries are known in the galactic field, PSR J1141-6545 and PSR B2303+46, both of which have orbits too wide to be relevant in their current state to GW observations. However, population synthesis studies predict the existence of a significant Galactic population of such systems. Though small in most of these systems, we find that tidally induced periastron precession becomes important when tides contribute to more than 3% of the total precession rate. For these systems, accounting for tides when analyzing periastron precession rate measurements can improve estimates of the inferred WD component mass and, in some cases, will prevent us from misclassifying the object. However, such systems are rare, due to rapid orbital decay. To aid the inclusion of tidal effects when using periastron precession as a mass measurement tool, we derive a function that relates the WD radius and periastron precession constant to the WD mass.
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spelling Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binariesSravan, N.Valsecchi, F.Kalogera, V.Althaus, Leandro GabrielCiencias Astronómicasbinaries: generalgravitational wavesstars: neutronwhite dwarfsAlthough not nearly as numerous as binaries with two white dwarfs, eccentric neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) binaries are important gravitational-wave (GW) sources for the next generation of space-based detectors sensitive to low frequency waves. Here we investigate periastron precession in these sources as a result of general relativistic, tidal, and rotational effects; such precession is expected to be detectable for at least some of the detected binaries of this type. Currently, two eccentric NS-WD binaries are known in the galactic field, PSR J1141-6545 and PSR B2303+46, both of which have orbits too wide to be relevant in their current state to GW observations. However, population synthesis studies predict the existence of a significant Galactic population of such systems. Though small in most of these systems, we find that tidally induced periastron precession becomes important when tides contribute to more than 3% of the total precession rate. For these systems, accounting for tides when analyzing periastron precession rate measurements can improve estimates of the inferred WD component mass and, in some cases, will prevent us from misclassifying the object. However, such systems are rare, due to rapid orbital decay. To aid the inclusion of tidal effects when using periastron precession as a mass measurement tool, we derive a function that relates the WD radius and periastron precession constant to the WD mass.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas2014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/84840enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0004-637Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/0004-637X/792/2/138info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:16:20Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/84840Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:16:21.191SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
title Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
spellingShingle Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
Sravan, N.
Ciencias Astronómicas
binaries: general
gravitational waves
stars: neutron
white dwarfs
title_short Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
title_full Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
title_fullStr Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
title_full_unstemmed Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
title_sort Importance of tides for periastron precession in eccentric neutron star-white dwarf binaries
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sravan, N.
Valsecchi, F.
Kalogera, V.
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
author Sravan, N.
author_facet Sravan, N.
Valsecchi, F.
Kalogera, V.
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
author_role author
author2 Valsecchi, F.
Kalogera, V.
Althaus, Leandro Gabriel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Astronómicas
binaries: general
gravitational waves
stars: neutron
white dwarfs
topic Ciencias Astronómicas
binaries: general
gravitational waves
stars: neutron
white dwarfs
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Although not nearly as numerous as binaries with two white dwarfs, eccentric neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) binaries are important gravitational-wave (GW) sources for the next generation of space-based detectors sensitive to low frequency waves. Here we investigate periastron precession in these sources as a result of general relativistic, tidal, and rotational effects; such precession is expected to be detectable for at least some of the detected binaries of this type. Currently, two eccentric NS-WD binaries are known in the galactic field, PSR J1141-6545 and PSR B2303+46, both of which have orbits too wide to be relevant in their current state to GW observations. However, population synthesis studies predict the existence of a significant Galactic population of such systems. Though small in most of these systems, we find that tidally induced periastron precession becomes important when tides contribute to more than 3% of the total precession rate. For these systems, accounting for tides when analyzing periastron precession rate measurements can improve estimates of the inferred WD component mass and, in some cases, will prevent us from misclassifying the object. However, such systems are rare, due to rapid orbital decay. To aid the inclusion of tidal effects when using periastron precession as a mass measurement tool, we derive a function that relates the WD radius and periastron precession constant to the WD mass.
Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas
description Although not nearly as numerous as binaries with two white dwarfs, eccentric neutron star-white dwarf (NS-WD) binaries are important gravitational-wave (GW) sources for the next generation of space-based detectors sensitive to low frequency waves. Here we investigate periastron precession in these sources as a result of general relativistic, tidal, and rotational effects; such precession is expected to be detectable for at least some of the detected binaries of this type. Currently, two eccentric NS-WD binaries are known in the galactic field, PSR J1141-6545 and PSR B2303+46, both of which have orbits too wide to be relevant in their current state to GW observations. However, population synthesis studies predict the existence of a significant Galactic population of such systems. Though small in most of these systems, we find that tidally induced periastron precession becomes important when tides contribute to more than 3% of the total precession rate. For these systems, accounting for tides when analyzing periastron precession rate measurements can improve estimates of the inferred WD component mass and, in some cases, will prevent us from misclassifying the object. However, such systems are rare, due to rapid orbital decay. To aid the inclusion of tidal effects when using periastron precession as a mass measurement tool, we derive a function that relates the WD radius and periastron precession constant to the WD mass.
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