Derivation of equation (9.117) on Schutz's textbook

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The discussion centers around the derivation of equation (9.117) from Schutz's text, which combines the incident wave and a perturbation term. The key equations involved are (9.107) for the transverse traceless gravitational wave and the perturbation term expressed as δh^TT. The user attempts to manipulate these equations algebraically to match the form of (9.117) but encounters difficulties in balancing coefficients for the cosine and sine terms. They introduce substitutions for simplification, defining A and B in terms of physical parameters and their relationships. The conversation also touches on the significance of these parameters, with A representing the amplitude of oscillation and B related to the perturbation's influence. The user seeks clarification on the relationships between A and B and whether additional details or scans from the book would help in resolving the algebraic challenges faced.
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On page 238 of his second edition of Schutz's he writes the following:
If we now add this to the incident wave, Eq. (9.107), we get the net result, to first order in ##R##,
$$(9.117)\bar{h}^{net}_{xx}=\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}+\delta \bar{h}^{TT}_{xx}=(A-2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R \sin \phi)\cos [\Omega (z-t)-\psi]$$
where $$(9.118) \tan \psi = \frac{2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R}{A} \cos \phi$$
Where Eq. (9.107) is: $$\bar{h}^{TT}_{xx}=A\cos (\Omega (z-t)) , \bar{h}_{yy}^{TT}=-\bar{h}^{TT}_{xx}$$
and ##\delta \bar{h}^{TT}_{xx}=2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R \sin [\Omega (z-t)-\phi]##.

Here's what I tried:
$$A\tan \psi / ( 2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R )= \cos \phi $$
$$A\cos(\Omega (z-t))+2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R \sin ((\Omega (z-t)-\phi)=A\cos (\Omega (z-t))+2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R [\sin (\Omega (z-t))\cos \phi -\cos (\Omega (z-t))\sin \phi ] =$$
$$ (A-2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R \sin \phi )\cos (\Omega (z-t)) + 2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R \sin (\Omega (z-t)) \cos \phi = \frac{(A-2\pi \sigma m \Omega \ell_0 R \sin \phi )\cos (\Omega (z-t))\cos \psi + A \sin (\Omega (z-t)) \sin \psi}{\cos \psi}$$

How to proceed to get the above identity in equation (9.117), I don't see it.
Can you help me?

Thanks in advance!
 
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For simplifying terms, following algebra is applied:
let:$$A=A$$ $$B=2\pi\sigma m\Omega\ell_{0}R$$and$$\Omega\left(z-t\right)=\tau$$
Equations you posted can be wirtten as:
$$\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}=A \cos\tau$$
$$\delta\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}=B \sin \left(\tau-\phi\right)$$
Then:
$$\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}+\delta\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}=A \cos\tau+B \sin \left(\tau-\phi\right)$$
$$=A \cos\tau+B\cos\phi\sin \tau-B\sin\phi\cos\tau$$
$$=\left(A-B\sin\phi\right) \cos\tau+B\cos\phi\sin \tau...(Eq1)$$
Eqs.(9.117) and Eqs.(9.118) are:
$$\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}+\delta\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}=\left(A-B\sin\phi\right)\cos\left(\tau-\psi\right)...(Eq2)$$
$$\tan\psi=\frac{B\cos\phi}{A}...(Eq3)$$
Expand Eq2 and combining Eq3:
$$\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}+\delta\bar{h}_{xx}^{TT}=\left(A-B\sin\phi\right)\cdot\left(\frac{A}{r}\cdot\cos\tau+\frac{B\cos\phi}{r}\cdot\sin\tau\right)...(Eq4)$$
where:$$r=\left(A^{2}+\left(B\cos\phi\right)^{2}\right)^{\frac{1}{2}}$$
Comparing Eq1&Eq4, coefficients of term $\cos\tau$ and $\sin\tau$ must be balanced, if the book is right or some relationship between A and B exsit, following equation must be valid:
$$\left(A-B\sin\phi\right)=\left(A-B\sin\phi\right)\cdot\frac{A}{r}...Cond.(1)$$
$$B\cos\phi=\left(A-B\sin\phi\right)\cdot\frac{B\cos\phi}{r}...Cond.(2)$$
To my knowledge, the above equations are weird, on the other hand, can you tell more details of A and B?
 
@David_Zheng , well, more details that I see that are relevant are ##R=\mathcal{O}(h_{xx}^{TT}\ell_0)##, ##\sigma## is proportional to ##\exp(-\epsilon r)##.
##A## is the amplitude where two masses oscillate , ##A## is the amplitude that each mass in the ##\sigma## masses moves, one-half of the the total stretching of the spring ##R##.

Do you want me to put on the screen scans of this part of the book?
 
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