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Higher-order-in-spin interaction Hamiltonians for binary black holes from source terms of Kerr geometry in approximate ADM coordinates

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2012-04-26 v4

Abstract

The Kerr metric outside the ergosphere is transformed into ADM coordinates up to the orders 1/r41/r^4 and a2a^2, respectively in radial coordinate rr and reduced angular momentum variable aa, starting from the Kerr solution in quasi-isotropic as well as harmonic coordinates. The distributional source terms for the approximate solution are calculated. To leading order in linear momenta, higher-order-in-spin interaction Hamiltonians for black-hole binaries are derived.

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@article{arxiv.0712.1515,
  title  = {Higher-order-in-spin interaction Hamiltonians for binary black holes from source terms of Kerr geometry in approximate ADM coordinates},
  author = {Steven Hergt and Gerhard Schäfer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1515},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

REVTeX4, 20 pages, typos corrected in Eq. (124) and (130)