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We analyze radiation reaction for synchrotron radiation by computing, via a multipole expansion, the near field evaluated on the world-line of the charge. We find that the temporal component of the self four-force agrees with the radiated…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 Lior M. Burko

Using self-force methods, we consider the hyperbolic-type scattering of a pointlike particle carrying a scalar charge $Q$ off a Schwarzschild black hole. For given initial velocity and impact parameter, back-reaction from the scalar field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-16 Leor Barack , Oliver Long

Prescriptions for numerical self-force calculations have traditionally been designed for frequency-domain or (1+1) time-domain codes which employ a mode decomposition to facilitate in carrying out a delicate regularization scheme. This has…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Ian Vega , Peter Diener , Wolfgang Tichy , Steven Detweiler

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

Self-force methods can be applied in calculations of the scatter angle in two-body hyperbolic encounters, working order by order in the mass ratio (assumed small) but with no recourse to a weak-field approximation. This, in turn, can inform…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-22 Oliver Long , Leor Barack

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

We present a first numerical implementation of a new scheme by Pound et al. that enables the calculation of the gravitational self-force in Kerr spacetime from a reconstructed metric-perturbation in a radiation gauge. The numerical task of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-08-10 Cesar Merlin , Abhay G. Shah

Point charge, radially moving in the vicinity of a black hole is considered. Electromagnetic field in wave zone and in the small neighbourhood of the charge is calculated. Numerical results of the calculation of the spectrum of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-10 S. O. Komarov , A. K. Gorbatsievich , A. S. Garkun , G. V. Vereshchagin

An analytic method is presented which allows for the computation of the self-force for a static particle with a scalar charge in the region of an ultrastatic spacetime which one can call the long throat. The method is based on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-11-29 Arkady A. Popov

The radiation reaction problem for an electric charge moving in flat space-time of three dimensions is discussed. The divergences stemming from the pointness of the particle are studied. A consistent regularization procedure is proposed,…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-07-20 Yurij Yaremko

This is the second in a series of papers aimed at developing a practical time-domain method for self-force calculations in Kerr spacetime. The key elements of the method are (i) removal of a singular part of the perturbation field with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-10-06 Sam R. Dolan , Barry Wardell , Leor Barack

Recently, two independent calculations have been presented of finite-mass ("self-force") effects on the orbit of a point mass around a Schwarzschild black hole. While both computations are based on the standard mode-sum method, they differ…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Norichika Sago , Leor Barack , Steven Detweiler

In a previous paper, based on the black hole perturbation approach, we formulated a new analytical method for regularizing the self-force acting on a particle of small mass $\mu$ orbiting a Schwarzschild black hole of mass $M$, where…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-09 Wataru Hikida , Sanjay Jhingan , Hiroyuki Nakano , Norichika Sago , Misao Sasaki , Takahiro Tanaka

This is the third in a series of papers aimed at developing a practical time-domain method for self-force calculations in Kerr spacetime. The key elements of the method are (i) removal of a singular part of the perturbation field with a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-05-13 Sam R. Dolan , Leor Barack

The motion of a charged particle is influenced by the self-force arising from the particle's interaction with its own field. In a curved spacetime, this self-force depends on the entire past history of the particle and is difficult to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-28 Peter Diener , Ian Vega , Barry Wardell , Steven Detweiler

For a particle of mass mu and scalar charge q, we compute the effects of the scalar field self-force upon circular orbits, upon slightly eccentric orbits and upon the innermost stable circular orbit of a Schwarzschild black hole of mass M.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Luz Maria Diaz-Rivera , Eirini Messaritaki , Bernard F. Whiting , Steven Detweiler

Motivated by applications to the study of self-force effects in scalar-tensor theories of gravity, we calculate the self-force exerted on a scalar charge in a circular orbit about a Reissner-Nordstr\"{o}m black hole. We obtain the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-18 Jezreel Castillo , Ian Vega , Barry Wardell

We formulate a new method to calculate the gravitational reaction force on a particle of mass $\mu$ orbiting a massive black hole of mass $M$. In this formalism, the tail part of the retarded Green function, which is responsible for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-09 Hiroyuki Nakano , Misao Sasaki

In a previous paper, we computed expressions for the Detweiler-Whiting singular field of point scalar, electromagnetic and gravitational charges following a geodesic of the Schwarzschild spacetime. We now extend this to the case of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-29 Anna Heffernan , Adrian Ottewill , Barry Wardell

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