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Within the framework of the Zakharov-Schulman approach, in close analogy with the methods of quantum field theory, the classical scattering matrix for the simplest process of interaction between hard and soft excitations in a quark-gluon…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-10 Yu. A. Markov , M. A. Markova , D. M. Gitman , N. Yu. Markov

We determine the general local-in-time effective-one-body (EOB) Hamiltonian for massless Scalar-Tensor (ST) theories at third post-Newtonian (PN) order. Starting from the Lagrangian derived in [Phys. Rev. D 99, 044047 (2019)], we map it to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-26 Tamanna Jain , Piero Rettegno , Michalis Agathos , Alessandro Nagar , Lorenzo Turco

We propose a method to compute the scattering angle for classical black hole scattering directly from two massive particle irreducible diagrams in a heavy-mass effective field theory approach to general relativity, without the need of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-03 Andreas Brandhuber , Gang Chen , Gabriele Travaglini , Congkao Wen

Waveforms are classical observables associated with any radiative physical process. Using scattering amplitudes, these are usually computed in a weak-field regime to some finite order in the post-Newtonian or post-Minkowskian approximation.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-19 Tim Adamo , Andrea Cristofoli , Anton Ilderton , Sonja Klisch

In this work, we show an application of the de Broglie-Bohm Quantum Theory of Motion (QTM) as a powerful tool for evaluating Bohm's quantum force in the scattering process of a Gaussian wavepacket by a classical Eckart potential. Our…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-10 Wanisson S. Santana , Clebson Cruz , Elisama Lima , Frederico V. Prudente

We perform a Feynman diagram calculation of the two-loop scattering amplitude for gravitationally interacting massive particles in the classical limit. Conveniently, we are able to sidestep the most taxing diagrams by exploiting the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-15 Clifford Cheung , Mikhail P. Solon

We outline the program to apply modern quantum field theory methods to calculate observables in classical general relativity through a truncation to classical terms of the multi-graviton two-body on-shell scattering amplitudes between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-31 N. E. J. Bjerrum-Bohr , Poul H. Damgaard , Guido Festuccia , Ludovic Planté , Pierre Vanhove

We complete the calculation of conservative two-body scattering dynamics at fourth post-Minkowskian order, i.e. $O(G^4)$ and all orders in velocity, including radiative contributions corresponding to the tail effect in general relativity.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-04 Zvi Bern , Julio Parra-Martinez , Radu Roiban , Michael S. Ruf , Chia-Hsien Shen , Mikhail P. Solon , Mao Zeng

We compute the scattering angle $\chi$ for hyperboliclike encounters in massless Scalar-Tensor (ST) theories up to third post-Newtonian (PN) order for the conservative part of the dynamics. To calculate the gauge-invariant scattering angle…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-04-19 Tamanna Jain

We compute classical gravitational observables for the scattering of two spinless black holes in general relativity and $\mathcal N {=} 8$ supergravity in the formalism of Kosower, Maybee, and O'Connell (KMOC). We focus on the gravitational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-11-03 Enrico Herrmann , Julio Parra-Martinez , Michael S. Ruf , Mao Zeng

Recent advances in post-Minkowskian (PM) gravity provide new avenues for the high precision modeling of compact binaries. In conjunction with the effective one body (EOB) formalism, highly accurate PM informed models of binary black holes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-01 Adam Clark , Geraint Pratten

We compute the four-momentum radiated during the scattering of two spinless bodies, at leading order in the Newton's contant $G$ and at all orders in the velocities, using the Effective Field Theory worldline approach. Following…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-29 Massimiliano Maria Riva , Filippo Vernizzi

We demonstrate equivalences, under simple mappings, between the dynamics of three distinct systems---(i) an arbitrary-mass-ratio two-spinning-black-hole system, (ii) a spinning test black hole in a background Kerr spacetime, and (iii)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-28 Justin Vines

We compute the gravitational impulse for two classical massive scalars in the ultrarelativistic limit to all orders in Newton's constant $G_N$ at fixed $G_N s/m b$ to $O(m^4/s^2)$. By computing the 4 and 5-point scattering amplitudes in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-19 Michael Saavedra

The asymptotic behavior of the scattering amplitude for two scalar particles at high energies with fixed momentum transfers is studied. The study is done within the effective theory of quantum gravity based on quasi-potential equation. By…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-23 Nguyen Suan Han , Do Thu Ha , Nguyen Nhu Xuan

We extend the description of gravitational waves emitted by binary black holes during the final stages of inspiral and merger by introducing in the third post-Newtonian (3PN) effective-one-body (EOB) templates seven new ``flexibility''…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Thibault Damour , Bala R. Iyer , Piotr Jaranowski , B. S. Sathyaprakash

We revisit the quantum-amplitude-based derivation of the gravitational waveform emitted by the scattering of two spinless massive bodies at the third order in Newton's constant, $h \sim G+G^2+G^3$ (one-loop level), and correspondingly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-06-24 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour , Stefano De Angelis , Andrea Geralico , Aidan Herderschee , Radu Roiban , Fei Teng

We calculate the spin-orbit corrections to the loss of angular momentum in a two-body scattering at third Post-Minkowskian order, $\mathcal O(G^3)$, from scattering amplitudes using the eikonal operator. These results include effects linear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-06 Carlo Heissenberg

By means of the scattering angles, we obtain an effective metric of spinless binaries with radiation-reaction effects up to fourth post-Minkowskian order, which is the foundation of the effective-one-body theory. We note that there are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-17 Jiliang Jing , Weike Deng , Sheng Long , Jieci Wang

In this thesis we present a study of the computation of classical observables in gauge theories and gravity directly from scattering amplitudes. In particular, we discuss the direct application of modern amplitude techniques in the one, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-02 Yilber Fabian Bautista