Strong-field tidal distortions of rotating black holes: Formalism and results for circular, equatorial orbits

Tidal coupling between members of a compact binary system can have an interesting and important influence on that binary's dynamical inspiral. Tidal coupling also distorts the binary's members, changing them (at lowest order) from spheres to ellipsoids. At least in the limit of fluid bodie...

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Main Authors: O'Sullivan, Stephen Gerard (Contributor), Hughes, Scott A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Hughes, Scott A. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2014-12-22T14:40:43Z.
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