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Classical Gravity from Loop Amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-07-28 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We describe an efficient method for extracting the parts of DD-dimensional loop integrals that are needed to derive observables in classical general relativity from scattering amplitudes. Our approach simplifies the soft-region method of integration by judiciously combining terms before the final integrations. We demonstrate the method by computing the required integrals for black-hole scattering to the second Post-Minkowskian order in Einstein gravity coupled to scalars. We also confirm recent results at the third Post-Minkowskian order regarding universality and high-energy behavior of gravitational interactions in maximal supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.2104.04510,
  title  = {Classical Gravity from Loop Amplitudes},
  author = {N. Emil J. Bjerrum-Bohr and Poul H. Damgaard and Ludovic Planté and Pierre Vanhove},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.04510},
  year   = {2021}
}

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42 pages. v3: version to appear in PRD