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Gravity in binary systems at the fifth and sixth post-Newtonian order

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-08-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Binary sources of gravitational waves in the early inspiral phase are accurately described by a post-Newtonian expansion in small velocity and weak interaction. We compute the conservative dynamics to fifth and partial sixth order using a non-relativistic effective field theory. We give predictions for central observables and determine the required coefficients for the construction of an Effective One-Body Hamiltonian, extending the applicability of our results to the late inspiral and merger phases.

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@article{arxiv.2208.04552,
  title  = {Gravity in binary systems at the fifth and sixth post-Newtonian order},
  author = {J. Blümlein and A. Maier and P. Marquard and G. Schäfer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.04552},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure. Contribution to the proceedings of Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory - LL2022

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