PIRSA:21060056

Self-force effects in weak-field scattering

Lobo, K. (2021). Self-force effects in weak-field scattering. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/21060056

Lobo, Kunal. Self-force effects in weak-field scattering. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 10, 2021, https://pirsa.org/21060056 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:21060056,
            doi = {10.48660/21060056},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/21060056},
            author = {Lobo, Kunal},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {Self-force effects in weak-field scattering},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2021},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:21060056 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Kunal Lobo University of Arizona

Talk numberPIRSA:21060056
DOI10.48660/21060056
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Talk Type Conference
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Abstract

We revisit the old problem of the self-force on a particle moving in a weak-field spacetime in the context of renewed interest in gravitational two-body scattering. We calculate the scalar, electromagnetic, and gravitational self-force on a particle moving on a straight-line trajectory in the spacetime of a Newtonian star and use these results to find the associated correction to the scattering angle in each case. In the gravitational case we must also take into account the motion of the star via a ``matter-mediated'' force on the particle, which acts at the same perturbative order as the gravitational self-force.