Astrophysical binary black holes formed following the successive core collapses of sufficiently massive binary stars are likely to be resonant. Post- Newtonian theory predicts the existence of two one-parameter families of equilibrium solutions (“resonances”) in which the angular momentum and both spins share a common plane and precess at the same frequency. The two families are differentiated by either aligned or anti-aligned spin components in the orbital plane but both resonances have the capacity to attract generic non-resonant configurations. We develop astrophysical formation models showing that the fraction of binary black holes in each family is neatly related to the main stages of their formation history. Moreover, the gravitational-wave signals emitted from the two families are qualitatively different. Resonant binaries can be efficiently distinguished in events with signal-to-noise ratios ~ 10, typical of those expected for the first detections with Advanced LIGO/Virgo. Spin-orbit resonances thus consist in powerful, viable, probes of astrophysical processes in stellar-mass black-hole binary formation and evolution.
Gerosa, D. (2015). Rival families:waveforms from resonant black-hole binaries as probes of their astrophysical formation history. In Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings (pp.137-145). Kluwer Academic Publishers [10.1007/978-3-319-10488-1_12].
Rival families:waveforms from resonant black-hole binaries as probes of their astrophysical formation history
Gerosa D.
2015
Abstract
Astrophysical binary black holes formed following the successive core collapses of sufficiently massive binary stars are likely to be resonant. Post- Newtonian theory predicts the existence of two one-parameter families of equilibrium solutions (“resonances”) in which the angular momentum and both spins share a common plane and precess at the same frequency. The two families are differentiated by either aligned or anti-aligned spin components in the orbital plane but both resonances have the capacity to attract generic non-resonant configurations. We develop astrophysical formation models showing that the fraction of binary black holes in each family is neatly related to the main stages of their formation history. Moreover, the gravitational-wave signals emitted from the two families are qualitatively different. Resonant binaries can be efficiently distinguished in events with signal-to-noise ratios ~ 10, typical of those expected for the first detections with Advanced LIGO/Virgo. Spin-orbit resonances thus consist in powerful, viable, probes of astrophysical processes in stellar-mass black-hole binary formation and evolution.
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