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Conservative and radiative dynamics of spinning bodies at third post-Minkowskian order using worldline quantum field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-10-05 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Using the spinning worldline quantum field theory formalism we calculate the quadratic-in-spin momentum impulse Δpiμ\Delta p_i^\mu and spin kick Δaiμ\Delta a_i^\mu from a scattering of two arbitrarily oriented spinning massive bodies (black holes or neutron stars) in a weak gravitational background up to third post-Minkowskian (PM) order (G3G^3). Two-loop Feynman integrals are performed in the potential region, yielding conservative results. For spins aligned to the orbital angular momentum we find a conservative scattering angle that is fully consistent with state-of-the-art post-Newtonian results. Using the 2PM radiated angular momentum previously obtained by Plefka, Steinhoff and the present authors we generalize the angle to include radiation-reaction effects, in which case it avoids divergences in the high-energy limit.

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@article{arxiv.2201.07778,
  title  = {Conservative and radiative dynamics of spinning bodies at third post-Minkowskian order using worldline quantum field theory},
  author = {Gustav Uhre Jakobsen and Gustav Mogull},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.07778},
  year   = {2022}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures + appendices