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Recently we derived the next-to-next-to-leading order post-Newtonian Hamiltonians at spin-orbit and spin(1)-spin(2) level for a binary system of compact objects. In this talk the derivation of them will be shortly outlined at an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-03-05 Johannes Hartung , Jan Steinhoff , Gerhard Schäfer

The equations of motion of compact binary systems have been derived in the post-Newtonian (PN) approximation of general relativity. The current level of accuracy is 3.5PN order. The conservative part of the equations of motion (neglecting…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Luc Blanchet

We analytically compute, through the six-and-a-half post-Newtonian order, the second-order-in-eccentricity piece of the Detweiler-Barack-Sago gauge-invariant redshift function for a small mass in eccentric orbit around a Schwarzschild black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-23 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour , Andrea Geralico

The equations of motion of nonspinning compact binary systems at the third post-Newtonian (PN) order in massless scalar-tensor theories have recently been obtained. In the present paper, we complete this work by computing at 3PN order the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-03-06 Laura Bernard

We derive the gravitational field and equations of motion of compact binary systems up to the 5/2 post-Newtonian approximation of general relativity (where radiation-reaction effects first appear). The approximate post-Newtonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Luc Blanchet , Guillaume Faye , Bénédicte Ponsot

Hamiltonian formalisms provide powerful tools for the computation of approximate analytic solutions of the Einstein field equations. The post-Newtonian computations of the explicit analytic dynamics and motion of compact binaries are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-20 Gerhard Schäfer , Piotr Jaranowski

In general relativity, systems of spinning classical particles are implemented into the canonical formalism of Arnowitt, Deser, and Misner [1]. The implementation is made with the aid of a symmetric stress-energy tensor and not a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Jan Steinhoff , Gerhard Schäfer , Steven Hergt

This work is based on the letter Phys. Lett. B, 865, 139484 (2025), where we developed the analytical expression of the coordinate time in terms of the eccentric anomaly at the second post-Newtonian order in General Relativity for a compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-14 Vittorio De Falco , Marco Gallo

We derive Keplerian-type parametrization for the solution of post-Newtonian (PN) accurate conservative dynamics of spinning compact binaries moving in eccentric orbits. The PN accurate dynamics that we consider consists of the third…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 Christian Koenigsdoerffer , Achamveedu Gopakumar

The effective-one-body theory (EOB) describes the conservative dynamics of compact binary systems in terms of an effective Hamiltonian approach. The Hamiltonian for moderately eccentric motion of two non-spinning compact objects in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-03-30 Sarp Akcay , Maarten van de Meent

Using the first law of binary black-hole mechanics, we compute the binding energy E and total angular momentum J of two non-spinning compact objects moving on circular orbits with frequency Omega, at leading order beyond the test-particle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-08-22 Alexandre Le Tiec , Enrico Barausse , Alessandra Buonanno

The Zeroth and First Laws of Black Hole Mechanics are derived in the context of non-linear electrodynamics coupled to gravity. The Zeroth Law is shown to hold quite generally even if the Dominant Energy Condition is violated. The derivation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 D. A. Rasheed

In this work we consider compact binaries on eccentric orbit under the spin-spin interaction. Using the post-Newtonian formalism, the binaries undergo a perturbed Keplerian motion. Here we investigate only the radial motion and derive the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Zoltán Keresztes , Balázs Mikóczi

Scalar-tensor theories are one of the most natural and well-constrained alternative theories of gravity, while still allowing for significant deviations from general relativity. We present the equations of motion of nonspinning compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-03-02 Laura Bernard

Newtons Laws of Motion form the basis of classical mechanics, but misconceptions about their interrelationships persist in pedagogy. A prevalent misunderstanding is that Newtons First Law is a trivial consequence of the Second Law. This…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Indresh Yadav , P. M. Geethu

We consider spin-orbit ("geodetic") precession for a compact binary in strong-field gravity. Specifically, we compute $\psi$, the ratio of the accumulated spin-precession and orbital angles over one radial period, for a spinning compact…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-31 Sarp Akcay , David Dempsey , Sam Dolan

The equations of motion of two point masses in harmonic coordinates are derived through the third post-Newtonian (3PN) approximation. The problem of self-field regularization (necessary for removing the divergent self-field of point…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Luc Blanchet

The first law of black hole mechanics has been the main motivation for investigating thermodynamic properties of black holes. The first version of this law was proved in \cite{Bardeen:1973gs} by considering perturbations of an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-12-09 Lorenzo Rossi

Building upon recent progress in applying on-shell amplitude techniques to classical observables in general relativity, we propose a closed-form formula for the conservative Hamiltonian of a spinning binary system at the 1st…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-22 Ming-Zhi Chung , Yu-tin Huang , Jung-Wook Kim , Sangmin Lee

In the case of nonspinning compact binary systems on quasi-elliptic orbits, I obtain the conservative map between the constants of motion (energy and angular momentum) and the fundamental (radial and azimuthal) frequencies at the fourth…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-28 David Trestini