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Main Author: Aranguren, Eneko
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07734
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author Aranguren, Eneko
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contents The so-called $I$-Love-$Q$ relations link some normalized versions of the moment of inertia, the Love number, and the quadrupole moment of a star. These relations, in principle, enable the inference of two of the quantities given the third. However, their use has been limited because the normalized versions of the multipole moments rely on the static mass derived from the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation, which is not directly observable. In this work, using perturbation theory, we find that the $I$-Love-$Q$ relations can also be formulated in terms of an alternative set of normalized quantities that do not depend on the static mass, but on the actual (observable) mass.
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spellingShingle Rotation-dependent $I$-Love-$Q$-$δM$ relations in perturbation theory
Aranguren, Eneko
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
The so-called $I$-Love-$Q$ relations link some normalized versions of the moment of inertia, the Love number, and the quadrupole moment of a star. These relations, in principle, enable the inference of two of the quantities given the third. However, their use has been limited because the normalized versions of the multipole moments rely on the static mass derived from the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation, which is not directly observable. In this work, using perturbation theory, we find that the $I$-Love-$Q$ relations can also be formulated in terms of an alternative set of normalized quantities that do not depend on the static mass, but on the actual (observable) mass.
title Rotation-dependent $I$-Love-$Q$-$δM$ relations in perturbation theory
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07734