Ruling out chaos in compact binary systems

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作者：

Schnittman, JD ^{[1
]}

Rasio, FA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MIT, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2001年 / 87卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.121101

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We investigate the orbits of compact binary systems during the final inspiral stage before coalescence by integrating the post-Newtonian equations of motion. We include spin-orbit and spin-spin coupling, which, according to a recent study [J. Levin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3515 (2000)], may cause the orbits to appear chaotic. To examine this claim, we calculate the divergence of nearby trajectories and attempt to measure the Lyapunov exponent gamma. For all systems considered, we find no chaotic behavior, placing a lower limit on the divergence time t(L) = 1/gamma that is many times greater than the typical inspiral time,, suggesting that chaos should not adversely affect the detection of inspiral events.

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