First order gravitational radiation reaction of a system of compact objects

OSVALDO M. MORESCHI

Advanced School and Conference on Sources of Gravitational Waves

The Abdus Salam ICTP

Año: 2003; p. 1 - 12

We study the dynamical equations for a binary system of compact objects arising from the asymptotic structure of the corresponding isolated system. We make use of the center of mass frame at future null infinity and keep terms up to first order of gravitational radiation.