Recent Publications

Research Papers

• Compact binary systems in Einstein-Aether gravity. II. Radiation reaction to 2.5 post-Newtonian order
  Fatemeh Taherasghari and Clifford M. Will
  PHYSICAL REVIEW D 112, 024013 (2025) (arXiv:2506.03843)
• Equations of motion for compact binary systems in general relativity: Do they depend on the bodies’ internal structure at the third post-Newtonian order?
  Clifford M. Will
  PHYSICAL REVIEW D 111, 104034 (2025) (arXiv:2503.03189)
• Higher-order effects in the dynamics of hierarchical triple systems. III. Astrophysical implications of second-order and dotriacontapole terms
  Landen Conway and Clifford M. Will
  PHYSICAL REVIEW D 111, 083052 (2025) (arXiv:2501.11187)
• Higher-order effects in the dynamics of hierarchical triple systems. II. Second-order and dotriacontapole-order effects
  Landen Conway and Clifford M. Will
  PHYSICAL REVIEW D 110, 083022 (2024) (arXiv:2408.04411)
• Compact binary systems in Einstein-Aether gravity: Direct integration of the relaxed field equations to 2.5 post-Newtonian order
  Fatemeh Taherasghari and Clifford M. Will
  PHYSICAL REVIEW D  108, 102026 (2023) (arXiv:2308.13243)
• Constraining a companion of the Galactic center black hole Sgr A*
  Clifford M. Will, Smadar Naoz, Aurelien Hees, Alexandria Tucker, Eric Zhang, Tuan Do and Andrea Ghez
  THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 959, 58 (2023) (arXiv:2307.16646)
• A Stability Timescale for Non-Hierarchical Three-Body Systems
  Eric Zhang, Smadar Naoz and Clifford M. Will
  THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 952, 103 (2023) (arXiv:2301.08271)
• Modified geodesic equations of motion for compact bodies in alternative theories gravity
  Fatemeh Taherasghari and Clifford M. Will
  PHYSICAL REVIEW D 106, 064021 (2022) (arXiv:2207.13454)
• Residual eccentricity of inspiralling orbits at the gravitational-wave detection threshold: Accurate estimates using post-Newtonian theory
  Alexandria Tucker and Clifford M. Will
  PHYSICAL REVIEW D 104, 104023 (2021) (arXiv:2108.12210)

Books, Review Articles (Amazon Author Page)

• Is Einstein Still Right? Black holes, gravitational waves and the quest to verify Einstein’s greatest creation
  Clifford M. Will and Nicolas Yunes
  Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2020 [Order on Amazon] 
• Theory and Experiment in Gravitational Physics, Second Edition
  Clifford M. Will
  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018 [Order on Amazon]
• The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment
  Clifford M. Will
  LIVING REVIEWS IN RELATIVITY 17, 4 (2014) (here)
• Gravity: Newtonian, post-Newtonian, Relativistic
  Eric Poisson and Clifford M. Will
  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014 [Order on Amazon]