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Exploiting simple yet remarkable properties of relativistic gravitational scattering, we use first-order self-force (linear-in-mass-ratio) results to obtain arbitrary-mass-ratio results for the complete third-subleading post-Newtonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-08 Andrea Antonelli , Chris Kavanagh , Mohammed Khalil , Jan Steinhoff , Justin Vines

We compute the variation of the Fokker-Wheeler-Feynman total linear and angular momentum of a gravitationally interacting binary system under the second post-Minkowskian retarded dynamics. The resulting $O(G^2)$ equations-of-motion-based,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-11 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour

The problem of determining the radiation reaction force experienced by a scalar charge moving in flat spacetime is investigated. A consistent renormalization procedure is used, which exploits the Poincar\'e invariance of the theory.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-07-20 Yurij Yaremko

Two-body scatterings under the potential of a massive object are very common in astrophysics. If the massive body is far enough away that the two small bodies are in their own gravitational sphere of influence, the gravity of the massive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-24 Yihan Wang , Saavik Ford , Rosalba Perna , Barry McKernan , Zhaohuan Zhu , Bing Zhang

Since general relativity is a consistent low energy effective field theory, it is possible to compute quantum corrections to classical forces. Here we compute a quantum correction to the gravitational potential between a pair of polarizable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 L. H. Ford , Mark P. Hertzberg , J. Karouby

The motion of sufficiently small body in general relativity should be accurately described by a geodesic. However, there should be ``gravitational self-force'' corrections to geodesic motion, analogous to the ``radiation reaction forces''…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-07-03 Robert M. Wald

We compute the radiation reacted momentum impulse $\Delta p_i^\mu$, spin kick $\Delta S_i^\mu$, and scattering angle $\theta$ between two scattered spinning massive bodies (black holes or neutron stars) using the $\mathcal{N}=1$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-23 Gustav Uhre Jakobsen , Gustav Mogull , Jan Plefka , Benjamin Sauer

Geodesic scattering of a test particle off a Schwarzschild black hole can be parameterized by the speed-at-infinity $v$ and the impact parameter $b$, with a "separatrix", $b=b_c(v)$, marking the threshold between scattering and plunge. Near…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-09 Oliver Long , Christopher Whittall , Leor Barack

A linear analytical solution is derived for the gravitational shock wave produced by a particle of mass $M$ that decays into a pair of null particles. The resulting space-time is shown to be unperturbed and isotropic, except for a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-13 Kris Mackewicz , Craig Hogan

We investigate dynamics of a self-propelled deformable particle under external field in two dimensions based on the model equations for the center of mass and a tensor variable characterizing deformations. We consider two kinds of external…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-07-09 Mitsusuke Tarama , Takao Ohta

Using state-of-the-art scattering results in post-Minkowskian (PM) gravity, we improve the tidal sector of four different flavors of the effective-one-body (EOB) formalism. We notably explore both adiabatic and post-adiabatic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-13 Malte Schulze , Sebastiano Bernuzzi , Piero Rettegno , Joan Fontbuté , Andrea Placidi , Thibault Damour

We use Effective Field Theory techniques to derive the quadrupole-quadrupole part of the gravitational wave, obtaining a waveform in agreement with previous results found within the multipolar-post-Minkowskian method. In particular we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-06-23 Gabriel Luz Almeida , Alan Müller , Stefano Foffa , Riccardo Sturani

We compute the (center-of-mass frame) scattering angle $\chi$ of hyperboliclike encounters of two spinning black holes, at the fourth post-Newtonian approximation level for orbital effects, and at the next-to-next-to-leading order for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-20 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour

For a Schwarzchild black hole of mass $M$, we consider a test particle falling from rest at infinity and becoming trapped, at late time, on the unstable circular orbit of radius $r=4GM/c^2$. When the particle is endowed with a small mass,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-12-11 Leor Barack , Marta Colleoni , Thibault Damour , Soichiro Isoyama , Norichika Sago

Motivation is given for trying a theory of gravity with a preferred reference frame (``ether'' for short). One such theory is summarized, that is a scalar bimetric theory. Dynamics is governed by an extension of Newton's second law. In the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-11-19 Mayeul Arminjon

We investigate the motion of an inert (massive) particle being impinged from below by a particle performing (reflected) Brownian motion. The velocity of the inert particle increases in proportion to the local time of collisions and…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-02-24 Sayan Banerjee , Krzysztof Burdzy , Mauricio Duarte

In this paper, we discuss the leading order correction to the equation of motion of the particle, which presumably describes the effect of gravitational radiation reaction. We derive the equation of motion in two different ways. The first…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-09 Yasushi Mino , Misao Sasaki , Takahiro Tanaka

We compute the potential-graviton contributions to the conservative scattering angle of two non-spinning bodies in maximal supergravity at fifth order in Newton's constant, including second-order self-force effects. Our goal is to tackle…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-21 Zvi Bern , Enrico Herrmann , Radu Roiban , Michael S. Ruf , Alexander V. Smirnov , Vladimir A. Smirnov , Mao Zeng

We revisit the amplitude-based derivation of gravitational waveform for the scattering of two scalar black holes at subleading post-Minkowskian (PM) order. We take an eikonal-inspired approach to the two-massive-particle cut needed in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-22 Alessandro Georgoudis , Carlo Heissenberg , Rodolfo Russo

The geodesic equation encodes test-particle dynamics at arbitrary gravitational coupling, hence retaining all orders in the post-Minkowskian (PM) expansion. Here we explore what geodesic motion can tell us about dynamical scattering in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-20 Clifford Cheung , Nabha Shah , Mikhail P. Solon