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We use $\mathcal N=8$ supergravity as a toy model for understanding the dynamics of black hole binary systems via the scattering amplitudes approach. We compute the conservative part of the classical scattering angle of two extremal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-13 Julio Parra-Martinez , Michael S. Ruf , Mao Zeng

In this work the worldline quantum field theory (WQFT) approach to computing observables of the classical general relativistic two-body system is presented. Compact bodies such as black holes or neutron stars are described in an effective…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-09 Gustav Uhre Jakobsen

Based on the consideration of potential energy of the di-black-hole as a function of mass asymmetry (transfer) collective coordinate, the possibility of matter transfer between the black holes in a binary system is investigated. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-12-17 G. G. Adamian , N. V. Antonenko , H. Lenske , V. V. Sargsyan

We derive the conservative dynamics of non-spinning binaries to third Post-Minkowskian order, using the Effective Field Theory (EFT) approach introduced in [2006.01184] together with the Boundary-to-Bound dictionary developed in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-04 Gregor Kälin , Zhengwen Liu , Rafael A. Porto

Reliable predictions of general relativity theory are extracted using approximation methods. Among these, the powerful post-Newtonian approximation provides us with our best insights into the problems of motion and gravitational radiation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-12 Luc Blanchet

Using the ${\mathcal N}=1$ supersymmetric, spinning worldline quantum field theory formalism we compute the conservative spin-orbit part of the momentum impulse $\Delta p_i^\mu$, spin kick $\Delta S_i^\mu$ and scattering angle $\theta$ from…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-23 Gustav Uhre Jakobsen , Gustav Mogull , Jan Plefka , Benjamin Sauer , Yingxuan Xu

In this work we study the dynamics of spinning binary black hole systems in the strong field regime. For this purpose we extract from numerical relativity simulations the binding energy, specific orbital angular momentum, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-12-05 Serguei Ossokine , Tim Dietrich , Evan Foley , Reza Katebi , Geoffrey Lovelace

We study the binary dynamics of two Kerr black holes with arbitrary spin vectors in the presence of parity-even and parity-odd cubic deformations of gravity. We first derive the tree-level Compton amplitudes for a Kerr black hole in cubic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-08-02 Andreas Brandhuber , Graham R. Brown , Paolo Pichini , Gabriele Travaglini , Pablo Vives Matasan

We use a previously developed scattering-amplitudes-based framework for determining two-body Hamiltonians for generic binary systems with arbitrary spin $S$. By construction this formalism bypasses difficulties with unphysical singularities…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-05-31 Zvi Bern , Dimitrios Kosmopoulos , Andrés Luna , Radu Roiban , Fei Teng

We compute the complete potential-graviton contributions to the conservative radial action and scattering angle for two non-spinning bodies in general relativity, accurate through fifth order in Newton's constant and including second-order…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-10 Zvi Bern , Enrico Herrmann , Radu Roiban , Michael S. Ruf , Alexander V. Smirnov , Sid Smith , Mao Zeng

We explore the post-Newtonian dynamics of spinning black hole (BH) binaries in Einstein-ScalarGauss-Bonnet (ESGB) gravity, a theory that modifies general relativity by introducing a massless scalar field coupled nonminimally to gravity via…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-10 Gabriel Luz Almeida , Shuang-Yong Zhou

We study the dynamics of electrically charged black-hole binaries and their gravitational-wave emission during the inspiral phase. Within the post-Newtonian framework, we derive the conservative and dissipative dynamics up to second order…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-19 Andrea Placidi , Elisa Grilli , Marta Orselli , Matteo Pegorin , Nicola Bartolo , Pierpaolo Mastrolia

Within the post Newtonian framework the fully reduced Hamiltonian (i.e., with eliminated spin supplementary condition) for the next-to-leading order spin-squared dynamics of general compact binaries is presented. The Hamiltonian is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-06-04 Steven Hergt , Jan Steinhoff , Gerhard Schaefer

The effective one-body (EOB) theory provides an innovative framework for analyzing the dynamics of binary systems, as articulated by Hamilton's equations. This paper investigates a self-consistent EOB theory specifically tailored for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-09 Jiliang Jing , Sheng Long , Weike Deng , Jieci Wang

A brief review is given of all the Hamiltonians and effective potentials calculated hitherto covering the post-Newtonian (pN) dynamics of a two body system. A method is presented to compare (conservative) reduced Hamiltonians with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-06-15 Steven Hergt , Jan Steinhoff , Gerhard Schaefer

We establish the set of independent variables suitable to monitor the complicated evolution of the spinning compact binary during the inspiral. Our approach is valid up to the second post-Newtonian order, including leading order spin-orbit,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 László Árpád Gergely

Given the absence of observations of black hole binaries, it is critical that the full range of accessible parameter space be explored in anticipation of future observation with gravitational wave detectors. To this end, we compile the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-29 Janna Levin , Sean T. McWilliams , Hugo Contreras

We integrate the third and a half post-Newtonian equations of motion for a fully generic binary black hole system, allowing both for non-circular orbits, and for one or both of the black holes to spin, in any orientation. Using the second…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-17 Brennan Ireland , Ofek Birnholtz , Hiroyuki Nakano , Eric West , Manuela Campanelli

Using the spinning, supersymmetric Worldline Quantum Field Theory formalism we compute the momentum impulse and spin kick from a scattering of two spinning black holes or neutron stars up to quadratic order in spin at third post-Minkowskian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-26 Gustav Uhre Jakobsen , Gustav Mogull

In the effective-one-body (EOB) approach the dynamics of two compact objects of masses m1 and m2 and spins S1 and S2 is mapped into the dynamics of one test particle of mass mu = m1 m2/(m1+m2) and spin S* moving in a deformed Kerr metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-12-01 Enrico Barausse , Alessandra Buonanno