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Dimensional regularization of local singularities in the 4th post-Newtonian two-point-mass Hamiltonian

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2013-05-01 v1

Abstract

The article delivers the only still unknown coefficient in the 4th post-Newtonian energy expression for binary point masses on circular orbits as function of orbital angular frequency. Apart from a single coefficient, which is known solely numerically, all the coefficients are given as exact numbers. The shown Hamiltonian is presented in the center-of-mass frame and out of its 57 coefficients 51 are given fully explicitly. Those coefficients are six coefficients more than previously achieved [Jaranowski/Sch\"afer, Phys. Rev. D 86, 061503(R) (2012)]. The local divergences in the point-mass model are uniquely controlled by the method of dimensional regularization. As application, the last stable circular orbit is determined as function of the symmetric-mass-ratio parameter.

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@article{arxiv.1303.3225,
  title  = {Dimensional regularization of local singularities in the 4th post-Newtonian two-point-mass Hamiltonian},
  author = {Piotr Jaranowski and Gerhard Schäfer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.3225},
  year   = {2013}
}

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6 pages, 2 figures