Head-on infall of two compact objects: Third post-Newtonian energy flux

Mishra, Chandra Kant and Iyer, Bala R (2010) Head-on infall of two compact objects: Third post-Newtonian energy flux. In: Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, 82 (10).

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Abstract

Head-on infall of two compact objects with arbitrary mass ratio is investigated using the multipolar post-Minkowskian approximation method. At the third post-Newtonian order the energy flux, in addition to the instantaneous contributions, also includes hereditary contributions consisting of the gravitational-wave tails, tails-of-tails, and the tail-squared terms. The results are given both for infall from infinity and also for infall from a finite distance. These analytical expressions should be useful for the comparison with the high accuracy numerical relativity results within the limit in which post-Newtonian approximations are valid.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Publisher:	The American Physical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to The American Physical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2010 09:47
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2010 09:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/34442

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