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NLO deflections for spinning particles and Kerr black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-10-18 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We employ the "KMOC" formalism of [1] to compute classical momentum deflections of spinning bodies with arbitrary spin orientations up to next-to-leading order (one loop). We do this in electrodynamics and gravity. The final result, valid for generic masses, is true for all spins at tree level and up to second (fourth) spin order for the electromagnetic (gravity) case at one loop. Furthermore, emphasis is given to the probe limit scenario where our results extend to all spin orders in the heavy source, even at next-to-leading order. We carry out our computations both using a unitarity based framework and Feynman diagrammatic approach which relies on scattering amplitudes computed on fixed backgrounds.

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@article{arxiv.2205.11701,
  title  = {NLO deflections for spinning particles and Kerr black holes},
  author = {Gabriel Menezes and Matteo Sergola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.11701},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

55 pages, 7 figures; v2: Minor text modifications, references added; v3: Minor modifications throughout the text and abstract; discussion in section 4 has been extended. Revised version as accepted by JHEP