PRECESSION 2.1: black-hole binary spin precession on eccentric orbits

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Autori principali: Fumagalli, Giulia, Gerosa, Davide, Loutrel, Nicholas
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Fumagalli, Giulia
Gerosa, Davide
Loutrel, Nicholas
author_facet Fumagalli, Giulia
Gerosa, Davide
Loutrel, Nicholas
contents We present version 2.1 of the public code {\sc precession}, a Python module for studying the post-Newtonian dynamics of precessing black hole binaries. In this release, we extend the code to handle eccentric orbits. This extension leverages the existing numerical infrastructure wherever possible, introducing a semi-automatic method to adapt circular-orbit functions to the eccentric case via a Python decorator. Additional new features include orbit- and precession-averaged evolutionary equations for the eccentricity, as well as revised expressions to convert between post-Newtonian separation and gravitational-wave emission frequency.
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spellingShingle PRECESSION 2.1: black-hole binary spin precession on eccentric orbits
Fumagalli, Giulia
Gerosa, Davide
Loutrel, Nicholas
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
We present version 2.1 of the public code {\sc precession}, a Python module for studying the post-Newtonian dynamics of precessing black hole binaries. In this release, we extend the code to handle eccentric orbits. This extension leverages the existing numerical infrastructure wherever possible, introducing a semi-automatic method to adapt circular-orbit functions to the eccentric case via a Python decorator. Additional new features include orbit- and precession-averaged evolutionary equations for the eccentricity, as well as revised expressions to convert between post-Newtonian separation and gravitational-wave emission frequency.
title PRECESSION 2.1: black-hole binary spin precession on eccentric orbits
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21125