Gravitational Radiation Reaction and Self-Force  

In General > s.a. orbits of gravitating bodies; Post-Newtonian Formalism; radiation reaction in general.
* Results: A point particle perturbs the spacetime metric, and affects its own motion; In the zero mass limit it moves along a geodesic, but to first order in m it accelerates, and there are two effects, a time-dependent inertial mass and a deviation from geodesic motion (like geodesic motion for a modified metric); The infinite self-field can be unambiguously decomposed into a singular piece that exerts no force, and a smooth remainder that is responsible for the acceleration.
* Approaches: Barack/Burko/Ori's mode-sum regularization prescription (MSRP).
@ General references: DeWitt & Brehme AP(60); Kennefick gq/97 [history]; Quinn & Wald PRD(97)gq/96 [axiomatic]; Blanchet & Faye JMP(01)gq/00; Quinn PRD(00)gq [and scalar field]; Detweiler PRL(01)gq/00; Barack & Ori PRD(01)gq [gauge-independent]; Poisson LRR(04)gq/03 [review from scratch], CQG(04), gq/04-GR17; Detweiler CQG(05)gq [rev]; Messaritaki gq/07 [singular field].
@ Approaches: Barack & Ori PRD(00)gq/99, Burko gq/99-in [MSRP]; Detweiler & Whiting PRD(03)gq/02 [decomposition]; Ori & Rosenthal PRD(03)gq/02, JMP(04)gq/03 [extended object approach]; Anderson et al PRD(05)gq/04 [quasi-local terms]; Anderson & Wiseman CQG(05)gq [matched expansion]; Pound et al PRD(05)gq [limitations of adiabatic approximation]; Rosenthal PRD(06)gq [second-order]; Gal'tsov et al gq/07-in [local method].
@ Related topics: Quinn & Wald PRD(99)gq [energy conservation]; Whiting & Detweiler IJMPD(03) [and equivalence principle].

In Specific Spacetimes
@ Schwarzschild: Burko CQG(00)gq/99 [static particle], PRL(00)gq [in orbit]; Wiseman PRD(00)gq; Barack & Burko PRD(00)gq [plunging]; Nakano & Sasaki PTP(01)gq/00, et al PTP(01)gq; Barack PRD(00)gq, PRD(01)gq [mode sum regularization], et al PRL(02)gq/01; Mino et al PTP(02)gq/01; Barack & Ori PRD(02)gq [regularization parameters]; Barack & Loustó PRD(02)gq; Burko PRD(03); Detweiler et al PRD(03)gq/02; Sago et al PRD(03)gq/02, Nakano et al PRD(03) [gauge problem]; Messaritaki gq/03-PhD; Anderson & Hu PRD(04)gq/03 [part + scalar field]; Hikida et al PTP(04)gq/03 [scalar charged particle]; Detweiler & Poisson PRD(04)gq/03 [ = 0, 1 multipoles]; Rosenthal PRD(04), PRD(04)gq [massive field approach]; Hikida et al PTP(05)gq/04, CQG(05)gq/04 [regularization]; Anderson et al PRD(06)gq/05 [radial]; Haas & Poisson PRD(06)gq [particle with scalar charge]; Barack & Sago gq/07 [circular orbit]; Detweiler a0804 [circular orbit].
@ Kerr: Kennefick & Ori PRD(96)gq/95, Kennefick PRD(98)gq [circular orbits]; Barack & Ori PRL(03); Sago et al PTP(05)gq [evolution of E, L, Q]; Barack et al a0709 [m-mode regularization].
@ Other spacetimes: Burko et al PRD(01)gq/00 [spherical shell]; Burko & Liu PRD(01)gq [axisymmetric black hole]; Burko et al PRD(02), Haas & Poisson CQG(05)gq/04 [cosmological spacetimes]; Shankar & Whiting PRD(07)-a0707 [charge near spherical conducting star]; Khusnutdinov & Bakhmatov a0707 [wormhole].


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