Analytical solutions of bound timelike geodesic orbits in effective-one-body frame
We derive the approximate analytical solutions of the bound timelike geodesic orbits in the effective-one-body frame with an extreme-mass ratio limit. The analytical solutions are expressed in terms of the elliptic integrals using Mino time $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ as the independent variable. Since Mino time decouples the $r$ and $\ensuremath{\theta}$ motion, we also give explicit expressions for three orbital frequencies ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Omega}}}_{r},{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Omega}}}_{\ensuremath{\theta}},{\mathrm{\ensuremath{\Omega}}}_{\ensuremath{\phi}}$ using the Fourier series expansion. With these analytical expressions at hand, we can perform Fourier expansions in Mino time $\ensuremath{\lambda}$ for any function expressed in terms of the coordinates $(r,\ensuremath{\theta},\ensuremath{\phi})$. In particular, the observer's time $t$ is decomposed into Mino time $\ensuremath{\lambda}$, and the frequency-domain description is constructed from the $\ensuremath{\lambda}$-Fourier expansion and the expansion of $t$. These analytical expressions are quite simple to implement, and can be applicable for calculating gravitational waves from extreme mass-ratio inspirals with the frequency-domain Teukolsky equation.
Authors
- Wen-Biao Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2039-0726)
- Chen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0804-4425)
Institutions
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science (CN)
- Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (CN)
- Astronomy and Space (AU)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University College of Applied Science (PS)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/7g4q-5crv
- Primary Topic
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China