English

The spinning self-force EFT: 1SF waveform recursion relation and Compton scattering

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-10-09 v4 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Building on recent approaches, we develop an effective field theory for the interaction of spinning particles modeling Kerr black holes within the gravitational self-force expansion. To incorporate dimensional regularization into this framework, we analyze the higher-dimensional metric arising from the minimal coupling solution, comparing it against the Myers-Perry black hole and its particle description. We then derive the 1SF self-force effective action up to quadratic order in the spin expansion, identifying a new type of spinning recoil term that arises from integrating out the heavy dynamics. Next, we study the 1SF metric perturbation both from the traditional self-force perspective and through the diagrammatic background field expansion, making contact with the radiative waveform. This leads us to consider a novel recursion relation for the curved space 1SF Compton amplitude, which we study up to one-loop in the wave regime and compare with the flat space one-loop Compton for Kerr up to quadratic order in spin. Finally, we investigate the 1SF spinning Compton amplitude in the eikonal regime, clarifying how strong-field effect -- such as the location of the separatrix -- emerge from the resummation of the perturbative weak-field expansion.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2504.02025,
  title  = {The spinning self-force EFT: 1SF waveform recursion relation and Compton scattering},
  author = {Dogan Akpinar and Vittorio del Duca and Riccardo Gonzo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.02025},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

15 pages + appendices, 4 figures; v2: minor improvements, references added; v4: completed one-loop Compton calculation at quadratic order in spin; expanded discussion of minimal and non-minimal extensions of the Kerr metric and resolved mismatch with curved space result

R2 v1 2026-06-28T22:44:22.696Z