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Main Author: Zha, Shuai
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.09729
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  • Gravitational waves (GWs) hold great potential for an unobscured view of protoneutron stars (PNSs) formed as a result of stellar collapses. While waiting for discovery, deepening the understanding of GW emission in theory is beneficial for both optimizing searching strategies and deciphering the eventual data. One significant aspect is the spatially dependent contribution to the overall GW signal extracted from sophisticated hydrodynamic simulations. I present the proper way to perform the spatial decomposition of GW strain with the quadrupole formula in the slow-motion and weak-field approximation. Then I demonstrate the approach using the results of a 2D axisymmetric pseudo-Newtonian hydrodynamic simulation of core-collapse supernova. I show a detailed comparison between the proper and improper methods and discuss the possible consequences based on the improper method. Moreover, with the correct approach, the GW spatial profiles agree well with those calculated from a consistent perturbative method.