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Some of the theoretical challenges posed by the general relativistic description of binary systems of compact objects (neutron stars or black holes) are reviewed. We recall the various ways one can use the theory of the motion, and of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Thibault Damour

We present a new approach to the conservative dynamics of binary systems, within the effective one-body (EOB) framework, based on the use of a Lagrange multiplier to impose the mass-shell constraint. When applied to the post-Minkowskian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-03 Thibault Damour , Alessandro Nagar , Andrea Placidi , Piero Rettegno

Binary black hole systems are among the most important sources for gravitational wave detection. And also they are good objects for theoretical research for general relativity. Gravitational waveform template is important to data analysis.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-30 Zhoujian Cao , Wen-Biao Han

We generalize to the case of spinning black holes a recently introduced ``effective one-body'' approach to the general relativistic dynamics of binary systems. The combination of the effective one-body approach, and of a Pad\'e definition…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thibault Damour

We review a recent theoretical progress in the so-called self-force problem of a general relativistic two-body system. Although a two-body system in Newtonian gravity is a very simple problem, some fundamental issues are involved in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Yasushi Mino

In this paper we address the two-body problem in massless Scalar-Tensor (ST) theories within an Effective-One-Body (EOB) framework. We focus on the first building block of the EOB approach, that is, mapping the conservative part of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-07-05 Félix-Louis Julié , Nathalie Deruelle

We present a detailed comparison between tidal effective-one-body (EOB) models and new state-of-the-art numerical relativity simulations for non-spinning binary neutron star systems. This comparison is the most extensive one to date,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-06-14 Tim Dietrich , Tanja Hinderer

Using a recent, novel Hamiltonian formulation of the gravitational interaction of spinning binaries, we extend the Effective One Body (EOB) description of the dynamics of two spinning black holes to next-to-leading order (NLO) in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thibault Damour , Piotr Jaranowski , Gerhard Schäfer

We address the problem of constructing high-accuracy, faithful analytic waveforms describing the gravitational wave signal emitted by inspiralling and coalescing binary black holes. We work within the Effective-One-Body (EOB) framework and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thibault Damour , Alessandro Nagar

Recent advances in post-Minkowskian (PM) gravity provide new avenues for the high precision modeling of compact binaries. In conjunction with the effective one body (EOB) formalism, highly accurate PM informed models of binary black holes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-01 Adam Clark , Geraint Pratten

In gravitational collapses, the horizon and singularity's realisation in the finite future of the proper time used co-moving observer happens in the future of infinitely far away future of the normal time used outside probe. To the latter…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-10 Ding-fang Zeng

We present a new, tunable effective-one-body (EOB) model of the motion and radiation of coalescing black hole binaries with arbitrary mass ratio and aligned spins. The most novel feature of our formalism is the introduction, and systematic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Thibault Damour , Alessandro Nagar

We compare recently computed waveforms from second-order gravitational self-force (GSF) theory to those generated by a new, GSF-informed, effective one body (EOB) waveform model for (spin-aligned, eccentric) inspiralling black hole binaries…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-03 Angelica Albertini , Alessandro Nagar , Adam Pound , Niels Warburton , Barry Wardell , Leanne Durkan , Jeremy Miller

The data analysis of the gravitational wave signals emitted by coalescing neutron star binaries requires the availability of an accurate analytical representation of the dynamics and waveforms of these systems. We propose an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-15 Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Alessandro Nagar , Tim Dietrich , Thibault Damour

Dynamical captures of black holes may take place in dense stellar media due to the emission of gravitational radiation during a close passage. Detection of such events requires detailed modelling, since their phenomenology qualitatively…

High-fidelity gravitational waveform models are essential for realizing the scientific potential of next-generation gravitational-wave observatories. While highly accurate, state-of-the-art models often rely on extensive phenomenological…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-03 Siddharth Mahesh , Sean T. McWilliams , Zachariah Etienne

We continue the program of constructing, within the Effective-One-Body (EOB) approach, high accuracy, faithful analytic waveforms describing the gravitational wave signal emitted by inspiralling and coalescing binary black holes (BHs). We…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thibault Damour , Alessandro Nagar

In recent years, significant progress has been made in the computation of conservative and dissipative scattering observables using the post-Minkowskian approach to gravitational dynamics. However, for accurate modeling of unbound orbits,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-18 Karthik Rajeev , S. Shankaranarayanan

A novel approach to the Effective One-Body description of gravitationally interacting two-body systems is introduced. This approach is based on the post-Minkowskian approximation scheme (perturbation theory in G, without assuming small…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-15 Thibault Damour

We discuss various ways in which the computation of conservative Gravitational Self Force (GSF) effects on a point mass moving in a Schwarzschild background can inform us about the basic building blocks of the Effective One-Body (EOB)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-14 Thibault Damour