1963/07/01 by P. C. Peters, Jon Mathews · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cyclotron radiation #Eccentricity (behavior) #Electron #Elliptic orbit #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Gravitation #Gravitational acceleration #Gravitational energy #Gravitational field #Gravitational wave #Inertia #Magnetic radiation reaction force #Multipole expansion #Optics #Orbit (dynamics) #Orbital speed #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum mechanics #Radiation
paper · doi:10.1103/physrev.131.435
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The gravitational radiation from two point masses going around each other under their mutual gravitational influence is calculated. Two different methods are outlined; one involves a multipole expansion of the radiation field, while the other uses the inertia tensor of the source. The calculations apply for arbitrary eccentricity of the relative orbit, but assume orbital velocities are small. The total rate, angular distribution, and polarization of the radiated energy are discussed.