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Self-Force on a Scalar Charge in Circular Orbit around a Schwarzschild Black Hole

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-09 v2 Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In an accompanying paper, we have formulated two types of regulariz_ation methods to calculate the scalar self-force on a particle of charge qq moving around a black hole of mass MM, one of which is called the ``power expansion regularization''. In this paper, we analytically evaluate the self-force (which we also call the reaction force) to the third post-Newtonian (3PN) order on the scalar particle in circular orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole by using the power expansion regularization. It is found that the rr-component of the self-force arises at the 3PN order, whereas the tt- and ϕ\phi-components, which are due to the radiation reaction, appear at the 2PN and 1.5PN orders, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0104012,
  title  = {Self-Force on a Scalar Charge in Circular Orbit around a Schwarzschild Black Hole},
  author = {Hiroyuki Nakano and Yasushi Mino and Misao Sasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0104012},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages, no figure, Minor typos corrected