Canonical center and relative coordinates for compact binary systems through second post-Newtonian order

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/14/145001MaRDI QIDQ3448684zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ira Georg, Gerhard Schäfer

Publication date 26 October 2015

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.04618

zbMATH Keywords

general relativitycompact binariescanonical approach

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25)

Abstract: Based on a recent paper by Rothe and Sch"afer on compact binary systems, explicit expressions for canonical center and relative coordinates in terms of standard canonical coordinates are derived for spinless objects up to second post-Newtonian approximation of Einstein's theory of gravity. The inverse relations, i.e. the dependence of the standard canonical coordinates on the canonical center and relative coordinates, are also given up to the second post-Newtonian approximation. The famous Pythagorean-theorem-type Lorentz-invariant relation between the system's total energy or Hamiltonian squared, the rest energy or mass squared - solely depending on relative coordinates -, and the total linear momentum squared are explicitly shown through second post-Newtonian approximation.

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