Relativistic Roche problem for stars in precessing orbits around a spinning black hole

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Main Authors: Stockinger, Matteo, Shibata, Masaru
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Published: 2024
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author Stockinger, Matteo
Shibata, Masaru
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Shibata, Masaru
contents Tidal disruptions of stars on the equatorial plane orbiting Kerr black holes have been widely studied. However thus far, there have been fewer studies of stars in inclined precessing orbits around a Kerr black hole. In this paper, we use the tensor virial equations to show the presence of possible resonances in these systems for typical physical parameters of black hole-neutron star binaries in close orbits or of a white dwarf/an ordinary star orbiting a supermassive black hole. This suggests the presence of a new instability before the tidal disruption limit is encountered in such systems.
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spellingShingle Relativistic Roche problem for stars in precessing orbits around a spinning black hole
Stockinger, Matteo
Shibata, Masaru
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Tidal disruptions of stars on the equatorial plane orbiting Kerr black holes have been widely studied. However thus far, there have been fewer studies of stars in inclined precessing orbits around a Kerr black hole. In this paper, we use the tensor virial equations to show the presence of possible resonances in these systems for typical physical parameters of black hole-neutron star binaries in close orbits or of a white dwarf/an ordinary star orbiting a supermassive black hole. This suggests the presence of a new instability before the tidal disruption limit is encountered in such systems.
title Relativistic Roche problem for stars in precessing orbits around a spinning black hole
topic High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.06834