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Dynamics of Spinning Binary at 2PM

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-12-30 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider the covariant proposal for the gravitational Compton amplitude for a Kerr black hole. Employing the covariant three- and four-point Compton amplitudes, we assemble the classical one-loop integrand on the maximal cut at all orders in spin, utilizing the method of unitarity. Expanding in powers of spin, we evaluate the one-loop amplitude up to O(G2a8)\mathcal O(G^2 a^8). Supplemented with extra contact contributions derived from the far-zone data of the Teukolsky solutions, the one-loop amplitude is in agreement with results available in the literature. We showcase the classical eikonal in the aligned-spin case at O(G2a7)\mathcal O(G^2 a^7).

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@article{arxiv.2406.09086,
  title  = {Dynamics of Spinning Binary at 2PM},
  author = {Gang Chen and Tianheng Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.09086},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

16 pages + appendices, v2: added discussions on contact contributions and explicit computation for the scattering angle, added references and fixed typos

R2 v1 2026-06-28T17:04:31.364Z