Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2002-02-08
Roman. J. Phys., Vol. 48, Nos. 7-10, 805-820 (2003).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
PDF, 15 pages. v3: still a few redactional improvements, 4 references added, former Sect. 2 (previous results) removed, calcul
Scientific paper
An asymptotic framework is defined for the small parameter eta which quantifies a good separation between the extended bodies that make a weakly gravitating system. This is introduced within an alternative scalar theory of gravitation, though it may be defined similarly in other theories. This framework allows one to truncate the translational equations of motion at any well-defined order. Here, the post-Newtonian (PN) equations valid in the scalar theory are truncated beyond the order eta^3. The PN approximation scheme used is the asymptotic scheme, that expands all fields. To get the explicit form of the equations of motion for the mass centers, the bodies are assumed spherical, merely for calculating the PN corrections. It is found that, due to the use of the asymptotic PN scheme, the internal structure of the bodies does play a role in the equations of motion.
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