Quasi-stationary binary inspiral: II. Radiation-balanced boundary conditions
Authors: Whelan J.T.1; Krivan W.2; Price R.H.2
Source: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Volume 17, Number 23, 2000 , pp. 4895-4911(17)
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract:
The quasi-stationary method for black hole binary inspiral is an approximation for studying strong-field effects while suppressing radiation reaction. In this paper we use a nonlinear scalar field toy model to: (a) explain the underlying method of approximating binary motion by periodic orbits with radiation; (b) show how the fields in such a model are found by the solution of a boundary value problem; (c) demonstrate how a good approximation to the outgoing radiation can be found by finding fields with a balance of ingoing and outgoing radiation (a generalization of standing waves).
Language: English
Document Type: Miscellaneous
Affiliations: 1: Institut f?r theoretische Physik, Universit?t Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland 2: Department of Physics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA

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