Abstract
The second post-Newtonian (2PN) contribution to the “plus” and “cross” gravitational wave polarizations associated with gravitational radiation from non-spinning, compact binaries moving in elliptic orbits is computed. The computation starts from our earlier results on 2PN generation, crucially employs the 2PN accurate generalized quasi-Keplerian parametrization of elliptic orbits by Damour, Schäfer and Wex and provides 2PN accurate expressions modulo the tail terms for gravitational wave polarizations incorporating effects of eccentricity and periastron precession.
- Received 13 August 2001
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.084011
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