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We propose a practical scheme for calculating the local gravitational self-force experienced by a test mass particle moving in a black hole spacetime. The method---equally effective for either weak or strong field orbits---employs the {\em…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Leor Barack

In this paper we will review some facts, both classical and recent, concerning the geometry and analysis of the Kerr and related black hole spacetimes. This includes the analysis of test fields on these spacetimes. Central to our analysis…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-11-30 Lars Andersson , Thomas Bäckdahl , Pieter Blue

We derive the explicit values of all regularization parameters (RP) for a scalar particle in an arbitrary geodesic orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole. These RP are required within the previously introduced mode-sum method, for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Leor Barack , Amos Ori

Fast, reliable orbital evolutions of compact objects around massive black holes will be needed as input for gravitational wave search algorithms in the data stream generated by the planned Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA).…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-03-06 Sarp Akcay

Using self-force methods, we consider the hyperbolic-type scattering of a pointlike particle carrying a scalar charge $Q$ off a Schwarzschild black hole. For given initial velocity and impact parameter, back-reaction from the scalar field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-16 Leor Barack , Oliver Long

We generalize to Kerr spacetime previous gravitational self-force results on gyroscope precession along circular orbits in the Schwarzschild spacetime. In particular we present high order post- Newtonian expansions for the gauge invariant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-05 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour , Andrea Geralico , Chris Kavanagh , Maarten van de Meent

We investigate the use of the Gegenbauer procedure for time-domain reconstruction in frequency-domain calculations of the self-force on a particle orbiting a black hole. The conventional technique relies on the so-called method of extended…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-15 Christopher Whittall , Leor Barack , Oliver Long

Considering the self force and radiation due to a small body in orbit (especially aperiodic) around a black hole, this paper defines a decomposition of the source into a sum over the shape preserving periodic motions of extended objects…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-08-02 Barak Kol

We analytically compute, through the eight-and-a-half post-Newtonian order and the fourth-order in spin, the gravitational self-force correction to Detweiler's gauge invariant redshift function for a small mass in circular orbit around a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-05-09 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour , Andrea Geralico

We report development of a code to calculate the scalar self-force on a scalar-charged particle moving on generic bound orbits in the Kerr spacetime. The scalar self-force model allows rapid development of computational techniques relevant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-09-17 Zachary Nasipak , Thomas Osburn , Charles R. Evans

The scalarization is a very interesting phenomena allowing to endow a compact object with scalar hair while leaving all the predictions in the weak field limit unaltered. In Gauss-Bonnet gravity the source of the scalar field can be the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-18 Daniela D. Doneva , Lucas G. Collodel , Christian J. Krüger , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

We present a practical method for calculating the local gravitational self-force (often called ``radiation-reaction force'') for a pointlike particle orbiting a Schwarzschild black hole. This is an implementation of the method of {\it…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-09 Leor Barack , Yasushi Mino , Hiroyuki Nakano , Amos Ori , Misao Sasaki

To fully exploit the capabilities of next-generation gravitational wave detectors, we need to significantly improve the accuracy of our models of gravitational-wave-emitting systems. This paper focuses on one way of doing so: by taking…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-06-07 Andrew Spiers , Adam Pound , Jordan Moxon

The motion of a small compact object in a curved background spacetime deviates from a geodesic due to the action of its own field, giving rise to a self-force. This self-force may be calculated by integrating the Green function for the wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-11-06 Marc Casals , Sam Dolan , Adrian C. Ottewill , Barry Wardell

In many astrophysical problems, it is important to understand the behavior of functions that come from rotating (Kerr) black hole orbits. It can be particularly useful to work with the frequency domain representation of those functions, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Steve Drasco , Scott A. Hughes

In the present paper we study the onset of the spin-induced scalarization of a Kerr black hole in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity with a massive scalar field. Our approach is based on a (2+1) time evolution of the relevant linearized scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-03 Daniela D. Doneva , Lucas G. Collodel , Christian J. Krüger , Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev

A particle in the vicinity of a Schwarzschild black hole is known to trace a geodesic of the Schwarzschild background, to a first approximation. If the interaction of the particle with its own field (scalar, electromagnetic or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Eirini Messaritaki

We generalize to the Kerr spacetime existing self-force results on tidal invariants for particles moving along circular orbits around a Schwarzschild black hole. We obtain linear-in-mass-ratio corrections to the quadratic and cubic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-26 Donato Bini , Andrea Geralico

Scalar, vector and tensor perturbations on the Kerr spacetime are governed by equations that can be solved by separation of variables, but the same is not true in generic stationary and axisymmetric geometries. This complicates the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-10-03 Rajes Ghosh , Nicola Franchini , Sebastian H. Völkel , Enrico Barausse

We outline a method for calculating the self force (the "radiation reaction force") acting on a scalar particle in a strong field orbit in a Schwarzschild spacetime. In this method, the contribution to the self force associated with each…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Leor Barack , Amos Ori