Dimensional regularization of the third post-Newtonian dynamics of point particles in harmonic coordinates

Details Dimensional regularization of the third post-Newtonian dynamics of point particles in harmonic coordinates Dimensional regularization of the third post-Newtonian dynamics of point particles in harmonic coordinates

2003-11-17

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0311052v2

Phys.Rev.D69:124007,2004

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

82 pages, LaTeX 2e, REVTeX 4, 8 PostScript figures, minor changes to reflect Phys. Rev. D version

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.69.124007

Dimensional regularization is used to derive the equations of motion of two point masses in harmonic coordinates. At the third post-Newtonian (3PN) approximation, it is found that the dimensionally regularized equations of motion contain a pole part [proportional to 1/(d-3)] which diverges as the space dimension d tends to 3. It is proven that the pole part can be renormalized away by introducing suitable shifts of the two world-lines representing the point masses, and that the same shifts renormalize away the pole part of the "bulk" metric tensor g_munu(x). The ensuing, finite renormalized equations of motion are then found to belong to the general parametric equations of motion derived by an extended Hadamard regularization method, and to uniquely determine the heretofore unknown 3PN parameter lambda to be: lambda = - 1987/3080. This value is fully consistent with the recent determination of the equivalent 3PN static ambiguity parameter, omega_s = 0, by a dimensional-regularization derivation of the Hamiltonian in Arnowitt-Deser-Misner coordinates. Our work provides a new, powerful check of the consistency of the dimensional regularization method within the context of the classical gravitational interaction of point particles.

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