Angular momentum tail contributions to compact binary dynamics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2026-03-23 v1
Abstract
We derive the effective action governing the dynamics of a compact binary system when gravitational radiation is emitted by any mass or current multipole, scattered by the quasi-static field associated with the binary's angular momentum, and then reabsorbed. Among such angular momentum failed-tail processes, the ones involving multipole moments up to mass and current octupoles, which mix also with quadrupoles of opposite parity, contribute to the system dynamics at sixth post-Newtonian order; we display these terms explicitly as a particular case of our general derivation. Additionally, we derive the radiative multipole moments associated to arbitrary angular momentum failed-tails in emission processes.
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@article{arxiv.2603.20096,
title = {Angular momentum tail contributions to compact binary dynamics},
author = {Gabriel Luz Almeida and Alan Müller and Stefano Foffa and Riccardo Sturani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.20096},
year = {2026}
}
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14 pages, 2 figures