Title:	Head-on infall of two compact objects: Third post-Newtonian energy flux
Authors:	Mishra, Chandrakanth Iyer, B.R.
Issue Date:	3-Nov-2010
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Citation:	Physical Review D, 2010, Vol.82, p104005
Abstract:	Head-on infall of two compact objects with arbitrary mass ratio is investigated using the multipolar post-Minkowskian approximation method. At the third post-Newtonian order the energy flux, in addition to the instantaneous contributions, also includes hereditary contributions consisting of the gravitational-wave tails, tails-of-tails, and the tail-squared terms. The results are given both for infall from infinity and also for infall from a finite distance. These analytical expressions should be useful for the comparison with the high accuracy numerical relativity results within the limit in which post-Newtonian approximations are valid.
Description:	Open Access.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/4032
ISSN:	1550-2368 (Online) 1550-7998
Alternative Location:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.4009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.82.104005 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010PhRvD..82j4005M
Copyright:	2010 The American Physical Society
Appears in Collections:	Research Papers (TP)

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