Scattering Amplitudes and the Conservative Hamiltonian for Binary Systems at Third Post-Minkowskian Order
Abstract
We present the amplitude for classical scattering of gravitationally interacting massive scalars at third post-Minkowskian order. Our approach harnesses powerful tools from the modern amplitudes program such as generalized unitarity and the double-copy construction, which relates gravity integrands to simpler gauge-theory expressions. Adapting methods for integration and matching from effective field theory, we extract the conservative Hamiltonian for compact spinless binaries at third post-Minkowskian order. The resulting Hamiltonian is in complete agreement with corresponding terms in state-of-the-art expressions at fourth post-Newtonian order as well as the probe limit at all orders in velocity. We also derive the scattering angle at third post-Minkowskian order.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1901.04424,
title = {Scattering Amplitudes and the Conservative Hamiltonian for Binary Systems at Third Post-Minkowskian Order},
author = {Zvi Bern and Clifford Cheung and Radu Roiban and Chia-Hsien Shen and Mikhail P. Solon and Mao Zeng},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.04424},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
5 pages + references, 2 figures