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Classical gravitational scattering at $\mathcal{O}(G^{2} S_{1}^{\infty} S_{2}^{\infty})$

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-08-02 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We calculate the scattering of two rotating objects with the linear-in-curvature spin-induced multipoles of Kerr black holes at O(G2)\mathcal{O}(G^2) and all orders in the spins of both objects. This is done including the complete set of contact terms potentially relevant to Kerr-black-hole scattering at O(G2)\mathcal{O}(G^2). As such, Kerr black holes should be described by this scattering amplitude for a specific choice of values for the contact-term coefficients. The inclusion of all potential contact terms means this amplitude allows for a comprehensive search for structures emerging for certain values of the coefficients, and hence special properties that might be exhibited by Kerr-black-hole scattering. Our result can also act as a template for comparison for future computations of classical gravitational high-spin scattering.

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@article{arxiv.2304.13740,
  title  = {Classical gravitational scattering at $\mathcal{O}(G^{2} S_{1}^{\infty} S_{2}^{\infty})$},
  author = {Rafael Aoude and Kays Haddad and Andreas Helset},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.13740},
  year   = {2023}
}

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16 pages

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