Abstract
We compute the gravitational self-force (or “radiation reaction” force) acting on a particle falling radially into a Schwarzschild black hole. Our calculation is based on the “mode-sum” method, in which one first calculates the individual l-multipole contributions to the self-force (by numerically integrating the decoupled perturbation equations) and then regularizes the sum over modes by applying a certain analytic procedure. We demonstrate the equivalence of this method with the -function scheme. The convergence rate of the mode-sum series is considerably improved here (thus reducing computational requirements) by employing an analytic approximation at large l.
- Received 10 May 2002
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.66.061502
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