Introduction to gravitational self-force

DOI10.1007/978-90-481-3015-3_8MaRDI QIDQ2999501zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Robert M. Wald

Publication date 13 May 2011

Published in Mass and Motion in General Relativity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.0412

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40)

Abstract: The motion of sufficiently small body in general relativity should be accurately described by a geodesic. However, there should be ``gravitational self-force corrections to geodesic motion, analogous to the ``radiation reaction forces that occur in electrodynamics. It is of considerable importance to be able to calculate these self-force corrections in order to be able to determine such effects as inspiral motion in the extreme mass ratio limit. However, severe difficulties arise if one attempts to consider point particles in the context of general relativity. This article describes these difficulties and how they have been dealt with.

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