Gravitational radiation reaction and balance equations to post-Newtonian order

Details Gravitational radiation reaction and balance equations to post-Newtonian order Gravitational radiation reaction and balance equations to post-Newtonian order

1996-09-20

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9609049v1

Phys.Rev.D55:714-732,1997

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

To appear in Phys. Rev. D

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.55.714

Gravitational radiation reaction forces and balance equations for energy and momenta are investigated to 3/2 post-Newtonian (1.5PN) order beyond the quadrupole approximation, corresponding to the 4PN order in the equations of motion of an isolated system. By matching a post-Newtonian solution for the gravitational field inside the system to a post-Minkowskian solution (obtained in a previous work) for the gravitational field exterior to the system, we determine the 1PN relativistic corrections to the ``Newtonian" radiation reaction potential of Burke and Thorne. The 1PN reaction potential involves both scalar and vectorial components, with the scalar component depending on the mass-type quadrupole and octupole moments of the system, and the vectorial component depending in particular on the current-type quadrupole moment. In the case of binary systems, the 1PN radiation reaction potential has been shown to yield consistent results for the 3.5PN approximation in the binary's equations of motion. Adding up the effects of tails, the radiation reaction is then written to 1.5PN order. In this paper, we establish the validity to 1.5PN order, for general systems, of the balance equations relating the losses of energy, linear momentum, and angular momentum in the system to the corresponding fluxes in the radiation field far from the system.

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