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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 a previous paper, based on the black hole perturbation approach, we formulated a new analytical method for regularizing the self-force acting on a particle of small mass $\mu$ orbiting a Schwarzschild black hole of mass $M$, where…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-09 Wataru Hikida , Sanjay Jhingan , Hiroyuki Nakano , Norichika Sago , Misao Sasaki , Takahiro Tanaka

We discuss the gravitational self-force on a particle in a black hole space-time. For a point particle, the full (bare) self-force diverges. The metric perturbation induced by a particle can be divided into two parts, the direct part (or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-09 Wataru Hikida , Hiroyuki Nakano , Misao Sasaki

We present a new proof of linear stability of the Schwarzschild solution to gravitational perturbations. Our approach employs the system of linearised gravity in the new geometric gauge of \cite{benomio_kerr}, specialised to the $|a|=0$…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-02 Gabriele Benomio

We consider the self-force acting on a pointlike (electromagnetic or conformal-scalar) charge held fixed on a spacetime with a spherically-symmetric mass distribution of constant density (the Schwarzschild star). The Schwarzschild interior…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-20 Abhinove N. Seenivasan , Sam R. Dolan

We provide expansions of the Detweiler-Whiting singular field for motion along arbitrary, planar accelerated trajectories in Schwarzschild spacetime. We transcribe these results into mode-sum regularization parameters, computing previously…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-28 Anna Heffernan , Adrian C. Ottewill , Niels Warburton , Barry Wardell , Peter Diener

We present a novel approach for calculating the gravitational self-force (GSF) in the Lorenz gauge, employing hyperboloidal slicing and spectral methods. Our method builds on the previous work that applied hyperboloidal surfaces and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-25 Benjamin Leather

To model the radiative evolution of extreme mass-ratio binary inspirals (a key target of the LISA mission), the community needs efficient methods for computation of the gravitational self-force (SF) on the Kerr spacetime. Here we further…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-08 Sam R. Dolan , Leor Barack

We study gravitational perturbations of Schwarzschild spacetime by solving a hyperboloidal initial value problem for the Bardeen-Press equation. Compactification along hyperboloidal surfaces in a scri-fixing gauge allows us to have access…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-01-16 Anil Zenginoglu , Dario Nunez , Sascha Husa

We present a calculation of the scalar field self-force (SSF) acting on a scalar-charge particle in a strong-field orbit around a Kerr black hole. Our calculation specializes to circular and equatorial geodesic orbits. The analysis is an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-30 Niels Warburton , Leor Barack

The foundations are laid for the numerical computation of the actual worldline for a particle orbiting a black hole and emitting gravitational waves. The essential practicalities of this computation are here illustrated for a scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Steven Detweiler , Eirini Messaritaki , Bernard F. Whiting

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

We calculate the first-order (in the mass-ratio) metric perturbation produced by a small body on an eccentric, precessing bound orbit about a Kerr black hole. We reconstruct the metric perturbation from the maximal spin-weight Weyl scalars,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-11 Zachary Nasipak

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

We obtain all ``regularization parameters'' (RP) needed for calculating the gravitational and electromagnetic self forces for an arbitrary geodesic orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole. These RP values are required for implementing the…

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

We compute the gravitational self-force (or ``radiation reaction'' force) acting on a particle falling radially into a Schwarzschild black hole. Our calculation is based on the ``mode-sum'' method, in which one first calculates the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 L. Barack , C. O. Lousto

This paper explores the Kerr-Schild double copy, a duality relating gravity and electromagnetism. We show how Einstein's vacuum solutions in four dimensions can be converted into Maxwell's solutions via a double copy procedure, employing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-20 Wen-Xiang Chen , Yao-Guang Zheng

The radiation gauges used by Chrzanowski (his IRG/ORG) for metric reconstruction in the Kerr spacetime seem to be over-specified. Their specification consists of five conditions: four, which we treat here as valid gauge conditions, plus an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Larry R. Price , Karthik Shankar , Bernard F. Whiting

Vacuum perturbations of the Kerr metric can be reconstructed from the corresponding perturbation in either of the two Weyl scalars $\psi_0$ or $\psi_4$, using a procedure described by Chrzanowski and others in the 1970s. More recent work,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-12-06 Cesar Merlin , Amos Ori , Leor Barack , Adam Pound , Maarten van de Meent

We present a new approach to solve the 2+1 Teukolsky equation for gravitational perturbations of a Kerr black hole. Our approach relies on a new horizon penetrating, hyperboloidal foliation of Kerr spacetime and spatial compactification. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-26 Enno Harms , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Alessandro Nagar , Anil Zenginoglu