Radiation-reaction correction to scattering binary dynamics at the Next-to-Leading Post-Newtonian Order
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-09-23 v1
Abstract
We compute the next-to-leading-order radiation-reaction modification to the harmonic coordinate quasi-Keplerian parametrization of the binary dynamics, the two bodies undergoing a scattering process. The solution for the radiation-reaction corrections to the orbital parameters is examined both in the time domain and in the frequency domain. The knowledge of the radiation-reaction corrected orbit is a key ingredient for the calculation of the fractional 3.5PN corrections to the radiative losses as well as to the radiative multipole moments needed to build up the waveform at the same accuracy.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2509.17853,
title = {Radiation-reaction correction to scattering binary dynamics at the Next-to-Leading Post-Newtonian Order},
author = {Donato Bini and Andrea Geralico and Sara Rufrano Aliberti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.17853},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
13 pages, revtex macros used