A Semi-relativistic Model for Tidal Interactions in BH-NS Coalescing Binaries

Details A Semi-relativistic Model for Tidal Interactions in BH-NS Coalescing Binaries A Semi-relativistic Model for Tidal Interactions in BH-NS Coalescing Binaries

2008-01-18

arxiv.org/abs/0801.2911v3

Class.Quant.Grav.26:125004,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 2 figures; references added

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/26/12/125004

We study the tidal effects of a Kerr black hole on a neutron star in black hole-neutron star binary systems using a semi-analytical approach which describes the neutron star as a deformable ellipsoid. Relativistic effects on the neutron star self-gravity are taken into account by employing a scalar potential resulting from relativistic stellar structure equations. We calculate quasi-equilibrium sequences of black hole-neutron star binaries, and the critical orbital separation at which the star is disrupted by the black hole tidal field: the latter quantity is of particular interest because when it is greater than the radius of the innermost stable circular orbit, a short gamma-ray burst scenario may develop.

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