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We define a Post Minkowskian iteration method for solving Einstein's vacuum equations and we give the general structure of the solution when r→o or c→+∞. The method is then used to derive an expression for the radiation force density in the case of a non-relativistic source.
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Blanchet, L. (1984). Radiative gravitational fields and radiation reaction forces in general relativity. In: Gravitation, Geometry and Relativistic Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 212. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0012573
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