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Gravitational-Radiation Damping of Compact Binary Systems to Second Post-Newtonian Order

Year: 1995

Type: article

Abstract: The rate of gravitational-wave energy loss from inspiralling binary systems of compact objects of arbitrary mass is derived through second post-Newtonian (2PN) order $O(({Gm/rc}^{2}{)}^{2})$ beyond the quadrupole approximation. The result has been derived by two independent calculations of the (source) multipole moments. The 2PN terms, and, in particular, the finite mass contribution therein (which cannot be obtained in perturbation calculations of black hole spacetimes), are shown to make a significant contribution to the accumulated phase of theoretical templates to be used in matched filtering of the data from future gravitational-wave detectors.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.74.3515

Authors: Luc Blanchet, Thibault Damour, Bala R. Iyer, Clifford M. Will, Alan G. Wiseman

Institutions: Observatoire de Paris, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Raman Research Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University

Language: English

Topic: Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, California Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

OpenAlex ID: W1995114597

FWCI: 20.07

Cites: 30

Cited by: 552

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