Quasi-Keplerian parametrization for eccentric compact binaries in scalar-tensor theories at second post-Newtonian order and applications

Trestini, David (2024) Quasi-Keplerian parametrization for eccentric compact binaries in scalar-tensor theories at second post-Newtonian order and applications. Physical Review D, 109 (10), [104003]. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.109.104003).

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Abstract

The generalized quasi-Keplerian parametrization for compact binaries on eccentric bound orbits is established at second post-Newtonian (2PN) order in a class of massless scalar-tensor theories. This result is used to compute the orbit-averaged flux of energy and angular momentum at Newtonian order, which means relative 1PN order beyond the leading-order dipolar radiation of scalar-tensor theories. The secular evolution of the orbital elements is then computed at 1PN order. At leading order, the closed form "Peters and Mathews"relation between the semimajor axis a and the eccentricity e is found to be independent of any scalar-tensor parameter, and is given by a∝e^4/3/(1-e²). Finally, the waveform is obtained at Newtonian order in the form of a spherical harmonic mode decomposition, extending to eccentric orbits the results obtained in L. Bernard et al. [Gravitational waves in scalar-tensor theory to one-and-a-half post-Newtonian order, J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys. 08 (2022) 008.JCAPBP1475-751610.1088/1475-7516/2022/08/008].

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