Gravitational Radiation Quadrupole Formula is Valid for Gravitationally Interacting Systems
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (22) , 1741-1744
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.1741
Abstract
An argument is presented for the validity of the quadrupole formula for gravitational radiation energy loss in the far field of nearly Newtonian (e.g., binary stellar) systems. This agrument differs from earlier ones in that it determines beforehand the formal accuracy of approximation required to describe gravitationally self-interacting systems, uses the corresponding approximate equation of motion explicitly, and evaluates the appropriate asymptotic quantities by matching along the correct space-time light cones.Keywords
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