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Third post-Newtonian gravitational wave polarisations from inspiraling compact binaries in quasi-circular orbits

The gravitational waveform of inspiraling compact binary systems at the third post-Newtonian approximation (3PN) is provided with the twofold motivation of: (i) building accurate templates for data analysis in the context of interferometric detection experiments and (ii) allowing future comparison, through the mode decomposition of polarisations, with waveforms produced in numerical relativity. Previous computations based on the multipolar post-Minkowskian formalism are extended by one half post-Newtonian order. Notably, the link between the radiative and source moments is found at the 3PN approximation, as well as the explicit expression of the source moments and hereditary terms for compact binaries in quasi-circular orbits.

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