Gravity Enhancement in a Relativistic Collision
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This article describes the special case of gravitational enhancement during the head-on approach of two equal masses on a collision course. Within the first post-Minkowskian approximation, the result is valid for arbitrary velocities and shows that, in the ultrarelativistic limit, the gravitational interaction is enhanced by approximately 8γ² relative to the Newtonian value.
Author: Skillman, David R.
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7219615360
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