Kavli Affiliate: Scott A. Hughes
| First 5 Authors: Scott A. Hughes, , , ,
| Summary:
Adiabatic binary inspiral in the small mass ratio limit treats the small body
as moving along a geodesic of a large Kerr black hole, with the geodesic slowly
evolving due to radiative backreaction. Up to initial conditions, geodesics are
typically parameterized in two ways: using the integrals of motion energy $E$,
axial angular momentum $L_z$, and Carter constant $Q$; or, using orbit geometry
parameters semi-latus rectum $p$, eccentricity $e$, and (cosine of )
inclination $x_I equiv cos I$. The community has long known how to compute
orbit integrals as functions of the orbit geometry parameters, i.e., as
functions expressing $E(p, e, x_I)$, and likewise for $L_z$ and $Q$. Mappings
in the other direction — functions $p(E, L_z, Q)$, and likewise for $e$ and
$x_I$ — have not yet been developed in general. In this note, we develop
generic mappings from ($E$, $L_z$, $Q$) to ($p$, $e$, $x_I$). The mappings are
particularly simple for equatorial orbits ($Q = 0$, $x_I = pm1$), and can be
evaluated efficiently for generic cases. These results make it possible to more
accurately compute adiabatic inspirals by eliminating the need to use a
Jacobian which becomes singular as inspiral approaches the last stable orbit.
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