Gravitational self-force correction to the innermost stable circular orbit of a Schwarzschild black hole
Gravitational self-force correction to the innermost stable circular orbit of a Schwarzschild black hole
The innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of a test particle around a Schwarzschild black hole of mass M is located at r_ isco=6M G/c^2 (Schwarzschild coordinate radius). If the particle is endowed with mass ?(\ll M), it experiences a gravitational self-force whose conservative piece alters the location of the ISCO. Here we calculate the resulting shifts ? r_ isco and ??_ isco in the ISCO's radius and frequency, at leading order in the mass ratio ?/M. We obtain ? r_ isco=-3.27 ? G/c^2 (in the Lorenz gauge) and ??_ isco/?_ isco=0.487 ?/M (gauge invariant). We discuss the implications of our result within the context of extreme mass-ratio binary inspirals.
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Barack, L.
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Sago, N.
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2009
Barack, L.
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Sago, N.
e1723c95-55a9-40f6-a17a-d813486166d1
Barack, L. and Sago, N.
(2009)
Gravitational self-force correction to the innermost stable circular orbit of a Schwarzschild black hole.
Physical Review Letters, 102 (19), .
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.191101).
Abstract
The innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) of a test particle around a Schwarzschild black hole of mass M is located at r_ isco=6M G/c^2 (Schwarzschild coordinate radius). If the particle is endowed with mass ?(\ll M), it experiences a gravitational self-force whose conservative piece alters the location of the ISCO. Here we calculate the resulting shifts ? r_ isco and ??_ isco in the ISCO's radius and frequency, at leading order in the mass ratio ?/M. We obtain ? r_ isco=-3.27 ? G/c^2 (in the Lorenz gauge) and ??_ isco/?_ isco=0.487 ?/M (gauge invariant). We discuss the implications of our result within the context of extreme mass-ratio binary inspirals.
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