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Radiation reaction at 3.5 post-Newtonian order in effective field theory

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2013-05-30 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We derive the radiation reaction forces on a compact binary inspiral through 3.5 order in the post-Newtonian expansion using the effective field theory approach. We utilize a recent formulation of Hamilton's variational principle that rigorously extends the usual Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms to dissipative systems, including the inspiral of a compact binary from the emission of gravitational waves. We find agreement with previous results, which thus provides a non-trivial confirmation of the extended variational principle. The results from this work nearly complete the equations of motion for the generic inspiral of a compact binary with spinning constituents through 3.5 post-Newtonian order, as derived entirely with effective field theory, with only the spin-orbit corrections to the potential at 3.5 post-Newtonian remaining.

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@article{arxiv.1205.3842,
  title  = {Radiation reaction at 3.5 post-Newtonian order in effective field theory},
  author = {Chad R. Galley and Adam K. Leibovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.3842},
  year   = {2013}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures