2000 character limit reached
A Fully Analytic Expression for the 2PN N-Body Hamiltonian
Published 15 Sep 2026 in gr-qc | (2609.17510v1)
Abstract: We present a complete analytic expression for the -body Hamiltonian of nonspinning point particles at second post-Newtonian (2PN) order in the Arnowitt-Deser-Misner (ADM) gauge. Recent work reduced the general -body Hamiltonian to a form containing a single unresolved integral term, which prevented a fully explicit closed-form representation. Here, we evaluate this integral analytically and thereby obtain a fully explicit closed-form expression for the general 2PN -body Hamiltonian. We outline the main steps of the derivation and validate the analytic expression through direct numerical comparisons with the original integral representation.
Paper Prompts
Sign up for free to create and run prompts on this paper.