Unequal-mass boson-star binaries: initial data and merger dynamics
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/acc2a8
https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/acc2a8
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Funder: Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) at the University of Cambridge
We present a generalisation of the curative initial data construction derived for equal-mass compact binaries in Helfer et al (2019 Phys. Rev. D 99 044046; 2022 Class. Quantum Grav. 39 074001) to arbitrary mass ratios. We demonstrate how these improved initial data avoid substantial spurious artifacts in the collision dynamics of unequal-mass boson-star binaries in the same way as has previously been achieved with the simpler method restricted to the equal-mass case. We employ the improved initial data to explore in detail the impact of phase offsets in the coalescence of equal- and unequal-mass boson star binaries.
We present a generalisation of the curative initial data construction derived for equal-mass compact binaries in Helfer et al (2019 Phys. Rev. D 99 044046; 2022 Class. Quantum Grav. 39 074001) to arbitrary mass ratios. We demonstrate how these improved initial data avoid substantial spurious artifacts in the collision dynamics of unequal-mass boson-star binaries in the same way as has previously been achieved with the simpler method restricted to the equal-mass case. We employ the improved initial data to explore in detail the impact of phase offsets in the coalescence of equal- and unequal-mass boson star binaries.