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arXiv:0711.2469 (gr-qc)
[Submitted on 15 Nov 2007 (v1), last revised 5 May 2008 (this version, v3)]

Title:Quasi-local contribution to the scalar self-force: Geodesic Motion

Authors:Adrian C. Ottewill, Barry Wardell
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Abstract: We consider a scalar charge travelling in a curved background spacetime. We calculate the quasi-local contribution to the scalar self-force experienced by such a particle following a geodesic in a general spacetime. We also show that if we assume a massless field and a vacuum background spacetime, the expression for the self-force simplifies significantly. We consider some specific cases whose gravitational analog are of immediate physical interest for the calculation of radiation reaction corrected orbits of binary black hole systems. These systems are expected to be detectable by the LISA space based gravitational wave observatory. We also investigate how alternate techniques may be employed in some specific cases and use these as a check on our own results.
Comments: Final Phys. Rev. D version. 24 pages, revtex4. Minor typos corrected
Subjects: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
Cite as: arXiv:0711.2469 [gr-qc]
  (or arXiv:0711.2469v3 [gr-qc] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.0711.2469
Journal reference: Phys.Rev.D77:104002,2008
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.104002

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From: Barry Wardell [view email]
[v1] Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:33:55 UTC (615 KB)
[v2] Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:38:53 UTC (550 KB)
[v3] Mon, 5 May 2008 17:04:33 UTC (550 KB)
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