GRAVITATIONAL IONIZATION - PERIODIC-ORBITS OF BINARY-SYSTEMS PERTURBED BY GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION

Authors
CHICONE C MASHHOON B RETZLOFF DG
Citation
C. Chicone et al., GRAVITATIONAL IONIZATION - PERIODIC-ORBITS OF BINARY-SYSTEMS PERTURBED BY GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION, Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique theorique, 64(1), 1996, pp. 87-125
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique theorique → ACNP
ISSN journal
02460211
Volume
64
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
87 - 125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0246-0211(1996)64:1<87:GI-POB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The long term perturbation of a Newtonian binary system by an incident gravitational wave is discussed in connection with the issue of gravi tational ionization. The periodic orbits of the planar tidal equation are investigated and the conditions for their existence are presented. The possibility of ionization of a Keplerian orbit via gravitational radiation is discussed.