Analytic determination of high-order post-Newtonian self-force contributions to gravitational spin precession

Donato Bini and Thibault Damour
Phys. Rev. D 91, 064064 – Published 27 March 2015

Abstract

Continuing our analytic computation of the first-order self-force contribution to the “geodetic” spin precession frequency of a small spinning body orbiting a large (nonspinning) body, we provide the exact expressions of the 10 and 10.5 post-Newtonian terms. We also introduce a new approach to the analytic computation of self-force regularization parameters based on a WKB analysis of the radial and angular equations satisfied by the metric perturbations.

  • Received 4 March 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.064064

© 2015 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Donato Bini1 and Thibault Damour2

  • 1Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo “M. Picone”, CNR, I-00185 Rome, Italy
  • 2Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, 91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France

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Vol. 91, Iss. 6 — 15 March 2015

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