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 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