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This review is concerned with the gravitational self-force acting on a mass particle in orbit around a large black hole. Renewed interest in this old problem is driven by the prospects of detecting gravitational waves from strongly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-01-08 Leor Barack

We analytically compute the gravitational self-force correction to the gyroscope precession along slightly eccentric equatorial orbits in the Kerr spacetime, generalizing previous results for the Schwarzschild spacetime. Our results are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-13 Donato Bini , Andrea Geralico

We calculate the self-force acting on a particle with scalar charge moving on a generic geodesic around a Schwarzschild black hole. This calculation requires an accurate computation of the retarded scalar field produced by the moving…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Roland Haas

We present a numerical code for calculating the self force on a scalar charge moving in a bound (eccentric) geodesic in the equatorial plane of a Kerr black hole. We work in the frequency domain and make use of the method of extended…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-27 Niels Warburton , Leor Barack

We develop a frequency-domain method for calculating the self-force acting on a scalar charge on a fixed scattering geodesic in Schwarzschild spacetime. Existing frequency-domain methods, which are tailored for bound orbits, are inadequate…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-14 Christopher Whittall , Leor Barack

I calculate the self-force acting on a particle with electric charge q moving on a generic geodesic around a Schwarzschild black hole. Using methods similar to those developed for the scalar field case discussed in a previous paper, I…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-12-19 Roland Haas

We calculate the gravitational self force acting on a pointlike particle of mass $\mu$, set in a circular geodesic orbit around a Schwarzschild black hole. Our calculation is done in the Lorenz gauge: For given orbital radius, we first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-08-30 Leor Barack , Norichika Sago

The numerical calculation of gravitational self-force in extreme mass ratio inspiral systems is fundamentally challenging due to the singular nature of point-particle sources. To overcome these difficulties, the effective source method…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-26 Chao Zhang , Rong-gen Cai , Guoyang Fu , Yungui Gong , Xuchen Lu , Wenting Zhou

We present a new, simple method for calculating the scalar, electromagnetic, and gravitational self forces acting on particles in orbit around a Kerr black hole. The standard ``mode-sum regularization'' approach for self-force calculations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Leor Barack , Darren A. Golbourn , Norichika Sago

We provide a prescription to solve the metric completion problem in gravitational self-force calculations on a Kerr spacetime by fixing the remaining gauge freedom. We discuss the explicit example of eccentric equatorial orbits, recovering…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-05 Donato Bini , Andrea Geralico

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

The description of the inspiral of a stellar-mass compact object into a massive black hole sitting at a galactic centre is a problem of major relevance for the future space-based gravitational-wave observatory LISA (Laser Interferometer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-12 Priscilla Canizares , Carlos F. Sopuerta

A compact object moving in curved spacetime interacts with its own gravitational field. This leads to both dissipative and conservative corrections to the motion, which can be interpreted as a self-force acting on the object. The original…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-23 Barry Wardell , Chad R. Galley , Anil Zenginoglu , Marc Casals , Sam R. Dolan , Adrian C. Ottewill

We present an expression for the gravitational self-force correction to the geodetic spin precession of a spinning compact object with small, but non-negligible mass in a bound, equatorial orbit around a Kerr black hole. We consider only…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-15 Sarp Akcay

The linear perturbation of the Kerr black hole has been discussed by using the Newman--Penrose and the perturbed Weyl scalars, $\psi_0$ and $\psi_4$ can be obtained from the Teukolsky equation. In order to obtain the other Weyl scalars and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 Yasumichi Sano , Hideyuki Tagoshi

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

Gravitational waves from the inspiral of a stellar-size black hole to a supermassive black hole can be accurately approximated by a point particle moving in a Kerr background. This paper presents progress on finding the electromagnetic and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Tobias S. Keidl , John L. Friedman , Alan G. Wiseman

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

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

Higher-order perturbations during the ringdown phase are essential for testing gravitational theories. This requires a perturbation framework that extends beyond General Relativity, as well as an appropriate method for reconstructing the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-05 Rong-Zhen Guo , Qing-Guo Huang