Analytical Fluxes from Generic Schwarzschild Geodesics

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Hauptverfasser: Khalaf, Majed, Kavanagh, Chris, Telem, Ofri
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author Khalaf, Majed
Kavanagh, Chris
Telem, Ofri
author_facet Khalaf, Majed
Kavanagh, Chris
Telem, Ofri
contents We present an analytic method for computing gravitational-wave fluxes from bound Schwarzschild geodesics with arbitrary eccentricity. Our approach systematically expands the Fourier coefficients of the emitted radiation in a Chebyshev basis, allowing them to be reduced to sums of Keplerian-like Fourier coefficients previously derived in the Quantum Spectral Method. Because the construction does not rely on a small-eccentricity expansion, it applies to a broad range of bound eccentric orbits. As an illustration, we implement the method using a $15$PN-expanded input and find that it reproduces the total flux for the case $(p,e)=(12.5,0.5)$ to relative accuracy $10^{-5}$, while for the stronger-field case $(p,e)=(10,0.8)$ it yields weighted mode-by-mode errors below $10^{-6}$ for the selected dominant modes analyzed. These results provide an analytic route to frequency-domain flux calculations relevant to extreme-mass-ratio inspirals.
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spellingShingle Analytical Fluxes from Generic Schwarzschild Geodesics
Khalaf, Majed
Kavanagh, Chris
Telem, Ofri
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
We present an analytic method for computing gravitational-wave fluxes from bound Schwarzschild geodesics with arbitrary eccentricity. Our approach systematically expands the Fourier coefficients of the emitted radiation in a Chebyshev basis, allowing them to be reduced to sums of Keplerian-like Fourier coefficients previously derived in the Quantum Spectral Method. Because the construction does not rely on a small-eccentricity expansion, it applies to a broad range of bound eccentric orbits. As an illustration, we implement the method using a $15$PN-expanded input and find that it reproduces the total flux for the case $(p,e)=(12.5,0.5)$ to relative accuracy $10^{-5}$, while for the stronger-field case $(p,e)=(10,0.8)$ it yields weighted mode-by-mode errors below $10^{-6}$ for the selected dominant modes analyzed. These results provide an analytic route to frequency-domain flux calculations relevant to extreme-mass-ratio inspirals.
title Analytical Fluxes from Generic Schwarzschild Geodesics
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13847