Abstract
We analyze the issue of “particle motion” in general relativity in a systematic and rigorous way by considering a one-parameter family of metrics corresponding to having a body (or black hole) that is “scaled down” to 0 size and mass in an appropriate manner. We prove that the limiting worldline of such a one-parameter family must be a geodesic of the background metric and obtain the leading order perturbative corrections, which include gravitational self-force, spin force, and geodesic deviation effects. The status of the MiSaTaQuWa equation is explained as a candidate “self-consistent perturbative equation” associated with our rigorous perturbative result.
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Gralla, S.E., Wald, R.M. (2009). Derivation of Gravitational Self-Force. In: Blanchet, L., Spallicci, A., Whiting, B. (eds) Mass and Motion in General Relativity. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 162. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3015-3_9
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