Gravitational self-torque and spin precession in compact binaries

Sam R. Dolan,1, ∗ Niels Warburton,2 Abraham I. Harte,3 Alexandre Le Tiec,4, 5 Barry Wardell,2, 6 and Leor Barack7 1Consortium for Fundamental Physics, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom. 2School of Mathematical Sciences and Complex & Adaptive Systems Laboratory, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. 3Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Golm, Germany. 4Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics & Joint Space-Science Institute, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. 5Laboratoire Univers et Théories (LUTh), Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92190 Meudon, France. 6Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. 7School of Mathematics, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom. (Dated: May 11, 2014)