Quadratic-in-Spin Hamiltonian at $\mathcal{O}(G^2)$ from Scattering Amplitudes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2021-07-28 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We obtain the quadratic-in-spin terms of the conservative Hamiltonian describing the interactions of a binary of spinning bodies in General Relativity through and to all orders in velocity. Our calculation extends a recently-introduced framework based on scattering amplitudes and effective field theory to consider non-minimal coupling of the spinning objects to gravity. At the order that we consider, we establish the validity of the formula proposed in \cite{Bern:2020buy} that relates the impulse and spin kick in a scattering event to the eikonal phase.
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@article{arxiv.2102.10137,
title = {Quadratic-in-Spin Hamiltonian at $\mathcal{O}(G^2)$ from Scattering Amplitudes},
author = {Dimitrios Kosmopoulos and Andres Luna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.10137},
year = {2021}
}
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21 pages + references, 5 figures, 1 ancillary file