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Explicit solution of the gravitational two-body problem at the second post-Minkowskian order

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-09-02 v1

Abstract

The worldlines (in harmonic coordinates) of two gravitationally interacting massive bodies at the second post-Minkowskian order are described in explicit form. Both the conservative case and the radiation-reacted case are considered. We use our results to check the changes, during scattering, of the individual momenta, as well as of the total angular momentum. High post-Newtonian order values of the O(G2)O(G^2) radiation-reaction acceleration components are provided for checks of future post-Newtonian computations.

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@article{arxiv.2408.17193,
  title  = {Explicit solution of the gravitational two-body problem at the second post-Minkowskian order},
  author = {Donato Bini and Thibault Damour and Andrea Geralico},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.17193},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, revtex macros used