Binary Systems with a Black Hole Component as Sources of Gravitational Waves

TL;DR

This paper investigates gravitational wave emission from black hole X-ray binary systems, estimating angular momentum loss, gravitational wave amplitudes, and their detectability to enhance understanding of black hole physics.

Contribution

It introduces detailed calculations of gravitational radiation effects in specific black hole binary systems, including angular momentum loss and detection prospects.

Findings

Angular momentum loss due to gravitational radiation is quantified.

Gravitational wave amplitudes for selected systems are estimated.

Detectability of these waves with current detectors is discussed.

Abstract

Discovery of gravitational waves by LIGO team (Abbott et al. 2016) bring a new era for observation of black hole systems. These new observations will improve our knowledge on black holes and gravitational physics. In this study, we present angular momentum loss mechanism through gravitational radiation for selected X-ray binary systems. The angular momentum loss in X-ray binary systems with a black hole companion due to gravitational radiation and mass loss time-scales are estimated for each selected system. In addition, their gravitational wave amplitudes are also estimated and their detectability with gravitational wave detectors has been discussed.