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We derive the gravitational waveform and gravitational-wave energy flux generated by a binary star system of compact objects (neutron stars or black holes), accurate through second post-Newtonian order ($O[(v/c)^4] \sim O[(Gm/rc^2)^2]$)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Clifford M. Will , Alan G. Wiseman

A Lagrangian from which derive the third post-Newtonian (3PN) equations of motion of compact binaries (neglecting the radiation reaction damping) is obtained. The 3PN equations of motion were computed previously by Blanchet and Faye in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Vanessa de Andrade , Luc Blanchet , Guillaume Faye

We consider the two-body problem in post-Newtonian approximations of general relativity. We report the recent results concerning the equations of motion, and the associated Lagrangian formulation, of compact binary systems, at the third…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Luc Blanchet

We present Keplerian-type parametrization for the solution of third post-Newtonian (3PN) accurate equations of motion for two non-spinning compact objects moving in an eccentric orbit. The orbital elements of the parametrization are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Raoul-Martin Memmesheimer , Achamveedu Gopakumar , Gerhard Schäfer

We compute the rotations, during a scattering encounter, of the spins of two gravitationally interacting particles at second-order in the gravitational constant (second post-Minkowskian order). Following a strategy introduced in Phys. Rev.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-29 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour

We determine the general local-in-time effective-one-body (EOB) Hamiltonian for massless Scalar-Tensor (ST) theories at third post-Newtonian (PN) order. Starting from the Lagrangian derived in [Phys. Rev. D 99, 044047 (2019)], we map it to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-26 Tamanna Jain , Piero Rettegno , Michalis Agathos , Alessandro Nagar , Lorenzo Turco

This thesis deals with the systematic treatment of quantum-mechanical systems in post-Newtonian gravitational fields. Starting from clearly spelled-out assumptions, employing a framework of geometric background structures defining the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-07 Philip K. Schwartz

We revisit the old problem of the self-force on a particle moving in a weak-field spacetime in the context of renewed interest in two-body gravitational scattering. We analytically calculate the scalar, electromagnetic, and gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-06-06 Samuel E. Gralla , Kunal Lobo

We describe the formalism to compute gravitational-wave observables for compact binaries via the effective field theory framework in combination with modern tools from collider physics. We put particular emphasis on solving the "multi-loop"…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-05 Christoph Dlapa , Gregor Kälin , Zhengwen Liu , Rafael A. Porto

In this paper, it is the first time to construct a complete post-Newtonian (PN) model of a rigid body by means of a new constraint on the mass current density and mass density. In our PN rigid body model most of relations, such as spin…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Chongming Xu , Jin-he Tao , Xuejun Wu

The present paper derives the post-Newtonian Lagrangian of translational motion of N arbitrary-structured bodies with all mass and spin multipoles in a scalar-tensor theory of gravity. The multipoles depend on time and evolve in accordance…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-21 Sergei M. Kopeikin

Black hole binaries on non-eccentric orbits form an important subclass of gravitational wave sources, but it is a non-trivial issue to construct numerical initial data with minimal initial eccentricity for numerical simulations. We compute…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-29 Benny Walther , Bernd Bruegmann , Doreen Mueller

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

We address issues with extant formulations of dissipative effects in the effective field theory (EFT) which describes the post-Newtonian (PN) inspiral of two gravitating bodies by (re)formulating several parts of the theory. Novel…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-28 Ofek Birnholtz , Shahar Hadar , Barak Kol

We compute the gravitational radiation-reaction force on a compact binary source at the fourth-and-a-half post-Newtonian (4.5PN) order of general relativity, i.e., 2PN order beyond the leading 2.5PN radiation reaction. The calculation is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-31 Luc Blanchet , Guillaume Faye , David Trestini

We compute to high post-Newtonian accuracy the 4-momentum (linear momentum, and energy), radiated as gravitational waves in a two-body system undergoing gravitational scattering. We include, for the first time, all the relevant {\it…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-25 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour , Andrea Geralico

In this work we complete the spin-dependent conservative dynamics of inspiralling compact binaries at the fourth post-Newtonian order, and in particular the derivation of the next-to-next-to-leading order spin-squared interaction potential.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-23 Michèle Levi , Jan Steinhoff

The second post-Newtonian (2PN) contribution to the `plus' and `cross' gravitational wave polarizations associated with gravitational radiation from non-spinning, compact binaries moving in elliptic orbits is computed. The computation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Gopakumar , Bala R. Iyer

Using the worldline action in [2409.05860], we derive the total even-in-velocity (relative) impulse, scattering angle, and time delay at fifth post-Newtonian (5PN) order, including radiation-reaction and hereditary contributions at ${\cal…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-29 Rafael A. Porto , Massimiliano M. Riva

We compute the quadrupole mode of the gravitational waveform of inspiralling compact binaries at the third and a half post-Newtonian (3.5PN) approximation of general relativity. The computation is performed using the multipolar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-10-01 Guillaume Faye , Sylvain Marsat , Luc Blanchet , Bala R. Iyer