Speaker
Dr.
Thomas Osburn
(Oxford College of Emory University)
Description
We calculate the evolution and gravitational-wave emission of a spinning compact object inspiraling into a substantially more massive (non-rotating) black hole. We extend our previous model for a non-spinning binary [Phys. Rev. D 93, 064024] to include the Mathisson-Papapetrou-Dixon spin-curvature force. Using a generalized osculating element prescription we compute inspirals where the spin and orbital angular momentum are not parallel and the orbital plane precesses. For spin-aligned binaries we calculate the dephasing of the inspiral and associated waveforms with respect to models that do not include spin-curvature effects.
Primary authors
Prof.
Charles Evans
(University of North Carolina)
Dr.
Niels Warburton
(School of Mathematics and Statistics and UCD Institute for Discovery, University College Dublin)
Dr.
Thomas Osburn
(Oxford College of Emory University)