The self-consistent gravitational self-force

I review the problem of motion for small bodies in general relativity, with an emphasis on developing a self-consistent treatment of the gravitational self-force. An analysis of the various derivations extant in the literature leads me to formulate an asymptotic expansion in which the metric is expa...

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Main Author: Pound, Adam (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2010-01-20.
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