Self interaction of spins in binary systems
Abstract
Beyond point mass effects various contributions add to the radiative evolution of compact binaries. We present all the terms up to the second post-Newtonian order contributing to the rate of increase of gravitational wave frequency and the number of gravitational wave cycles left until the final coalescence for binary systems with spin, mass quadrupole and magnetic dipole moments, moving on circular orbit. We evaluate these contributions for some famous or typical compact binaries and show that the terms representing the self interaction of individual spins, given for the first time here, are commensurable with the proper spin-spin contributions for the recently discovered double pulsar J0737-3039.
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