One-loop double copy from gravity coupled to a massive vector field
Abstract
In this work, we compute the one-loop four-graviton amplitudes with a massive abelian vector field (Proca) circulating in the loop. Instead of the conventional Einstein-Hilbert formulation, we employ the Landau-Lifshitz metric density approach, coupling gravity to the Proca field. Within this framework, we found that the resulting contact-terms-free -gon numerators exhibit a manifest double-copy structure, provided the external gravitational trees satisfy this property. This structure enables the direct construction of the corresponding amplitudes with a scalar in the loop. We further show that these numerators can be consistently used to evaluate pure gravity amplitudes in the sectors where contact terms vanish, offering a simplified setting to explore double-copy relations at one loop level.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.18966,
title = {One-loop double copy from gravity coupled to a massive vector field},
author = {Cristhiam Lopez-Arcos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18966},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
23 pages with references, one figure, small typos corrected