Gravitational radiation from Schwarzschild black holes: the second order perturbation formalism

Details Gravitational radiation from Schwarzschild black holes: the second order perturbation formalism Gravitational radiation from Schwarzschild black holes: the second order perturbation formalism

1998-07-29

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9807077v2

Phys.Rept. 325 (2000) 41-81

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

28 pages, no figures, RevTeX, final version to appear in Physics Reports

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The perturbation theory of black holes has been useful recently for providing estimates of gravitational radiation from black hole collisions. Second order perturbation theory, relatively undeveloped until recently, has proved to be important both for providing refined estimates and for indicating the range of validity of perturbation theory. Here we present the second order formalism for perturbations of Schwarzschild spacetimes. The emphasis is on practical methods for carrying out second order computations of outgoing radiation. General issues are illustrated throughout with examples from ``close-limit'' results, perturbation calculations in which black holes start from small separation.

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