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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

We derive the post-Newtonian next-to-leading order conservative spin-orbit and spin(a)-spin(b) gravitational interaction Hamiltonians for arbitrary many compact objects. The spin-orbit Hamiltonian completes the knowledge of Hamiltonians up…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-02-11 Johannes Hartung , Jan Steinhoff

We obtain for the first time all quadratic-in-spin interactions in spinning binaries at the third subleading order in post-Newtonian (PN) gravity, and provide their observable binding energies and their gauge-invariant relations to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-02 Jung-Wook Kim , Michèle Levi , Zhewei Yin

The post-Newtonian expansion appears to be a relevant tool for predicting the gravitational waveforms generated by some astrophysical systems such as binaries. In particular, inspiralling compact binaries are well-modelled by a system of…

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

The next-to-next-to-leading order post-Newtonian spin-orbit and spin(1)-spin(2) Hamiltonians for binary compact objects in general relativity are derived. The Arnowitt-Deser-Misner canonical formalism and its generalization to spinning…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-07 Johannes Hartung , Jan Steinhoff , Gerhard Schäfer

The leading order finite size effects due to spin, namely that of the cubic and quartic in spin interactions, are derived for the first time for generic compact binaries via the effective field theory for gravitating spinning objects. These…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-02 Michele Levi , Jan Steinhoff

The effect of gravitational radiation reaction on orbits around a spinning black hole is analyzed. Such orbits possess three constants of motion: $\iota$, $e$, and $a$, which correspond, in the Newtonian limit of the orbit being an ellipse,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-09 Fintan D. Ryan

We establish the evolution equations of the set of independent variables characterizing the 2PN rigorous conservative dynamics of a spinning compact binary, with the inclusion of the leading order spin-orbit, spin-spin and mass quadrupole -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-12-09 László Árpád Gergely

In this paper we derive for the first time the complete gravitational quartic-in-spin interaction of generic compact binaries at the next-to-leading order in the post-Newtonian (PN) expansion. The derivation builds on the effective field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-15 Michèle Levi , Fei Teng

Compact binary systems emitting gravitational waves (GWs) can exhibit orbital eccentricity, along with generic spin orientations, leading to the precession of the orbital angular momentum, individual spins, and the orbital plane. While…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-24 Soham Bhattacharyya , Omkar Sridhar

Given the absence of observations of black hole binaries, it is critical that the full range of accessible parameter space be explored in anticipation of future observation with gravitational wave detectors. To this end, we compile the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-29 Janna Levin , Sean T. McWilliams , Hugo Contreras

In this work we derive for the first time the complete gravitational cubic-in-spin effective action at the next-to-leading order in the post-Newtonian (PN) expansion for the interaction of generic compact binaries via the effective field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-15 Michèle Levi , Stavros Mougiakakos , Mariana Vieira

The study of scattering encounters continues to provide new insights into the general relativistic two-body problem. The local-in-time conservative dynamics of an aligned-spin binary, for both unbound and bound orbits, is fully encoded in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Andrea Antonelli , Chris Kavanagh , Mohammed Khalil , Jan Steinhoff , Justin Vines

We derive the gravitational radiation-reaction (RR) force in the harmonic coordinate system at the fourth-and-a-half post-Newtonian (4.5PN) order in the case of compact binary systems. Dimensional regularization is used to treat the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-27 Luc Blanchet , Guillaume Faye , Emeric Seraille , David Trestini

We present new insights into the phenomenology of post-Newtonian spin precession in black-hole binaries. Using multi-timescale methods, previous work has shown that the precession and nutation dynamics in such systems can be classified into…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-08-28 Davide Gerosa , Giulia Foroni , Giulia Fumagalli , Emanuele Berti

Compact binary systems coalesce over time due to the radiation of gravitational waves, following the field equations of general relativity. Conservation of energy and angular momentum gives a mathematical description for the evolution of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-10 Lutendo Nyadzani , Soebur Razzaque

Using equations of motion accurate to the third post-Newtonian (3PN) order (O(v/c)^6 beyond Newtonian gravity), we derive expressions for the total energy E and angular momentum J of the orbits of compact binary systems (black holes or…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Thierry Mora , Clifford M. Will

We perform numerical simulations of black-hole binaries to study the exchange of spin and orbital angular momentum during the last, highly nonlinear, stages of the coalescence process. To calculate the transfer of angular momentum from…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Campanelli , C. O. Lousto , Y. Zlochower

We study the effect of the neutron star spin -- kick velocity alignment observed in young radio pulsars on the coalescence rate of binary neutron stars. Two scenarios of the neutron star formation are considered: when the kick is always…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. A. Postnov , A. G. Kuranov

The binary black holes (BBHs) formed near the supermassive black holes (SMBHs) in the galactic nuclei would undergo eccentricity excitation due to the gravitational perturbations from the SMBH and therefore merger more efficiently. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-11 Yun Fang , Qing-Guo Huang