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Covariant Compton Amplitudes in Gravity with Classical Spin

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-04-29 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We develop a novel amplitude bootstrap technique manifestly free of unphysical poles for classically spinning particles interacting with gravitons utilizing only the double-copy and physical factorization limits. Combined with non-factorization polynomial contact contributions from physical data for Kerr black holes, we can address high-spin-order covariant gravitational Compton amplitudes, identifying a pattern for the amplitude that we believe could extend to all orders in spin. Finally, we outline applications and outstanding questions.

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@article{arxiv.2309.11249,
  title  = {Covariant Compton Amplitudes in Gravity with Classical Spin},
  author = {N. Emil J. Bjerrum-Bohr and Gang Chen and Marcos Skowronek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.11249},
  year   = {2024}
}

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10 pages, one figure, version to be published in PRL

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