The motion of three bodies can be solved perturbatively when a tightly bound inner binary is orbited by a distant perturber, giving rise, for example, to the well-known Kozai-Lidov oscillations. We propose to study the relativistic hierarchical three-body orbits by adapting the effective field theory techniques used in the two-body problem. This allows us to conveniently treat the inner binary as an effective point particle, thus reducing the complexity of the three-body problem to a simpler spinning two-body motion. We present in detail the mapping between the inner binary osculating elements and the resulting spin of the effective point particle. Our study builds towards a derivation of three-body analytic waveforms.

Effective two-body approach to the hierarchical three-body problem

Kuntz A.;Serra F.;Trincherini E.
2021

Abstract

The motion of three bodies can be solved perturbatively when a tightly bound inner binary is orbited by a distant perturber, giving rise, for example, to the well-known Kozai-Lidov oscillations. We propose to study the relativistic hierarchical three-body orbits by adapting the effective field theory techniques used in the two-body problem. This allows us to conveniently treat the inner binary as an effective point particle, thus reducing the complexity of the three-body problem to a simpler spinning two-body motion. We present in detail the mapping between the inner binary osculating elements and the resulting spin of the effective point particle. Our study builds towards a derivation of three-body analytic waveforms.
2021
Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici
Effective Field Theories; gravitational waves sources
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