Post-Minkowskian self-force in the low-velocity limit: Scalar field scattering

In this paper we present an approach to compute analytical post-Minkowskian corrections to unbound two-body scattering in the self-force formalism. Our method relies on a further low-velocity (post-Newtonian) expansion of the motion. We present a general strategy valid for gravitational and nongravitational self-force, and we explicitly demonstrate our approach for a scalar charge scattering off a Schwarzschild black hole. We compare our results with recent calculations in [L. Barack, Comparison of post-Minkowskian and self-force expansions: Scattering in a scalar charge toy model, Phys. Rev. D 108, 024025 (2023)PRVDAQ2470-001010.1103/PhysRevD.108.024025], showing complete agreement where appropriate and fixing undetermined scale factors in their calculation. Our results also extend their results by including in our dissipative sector the contributions from the flux into the black hole horizon.