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We compute the next-to-leading order term in the scattering waveform of uncharged black holes in classical general relativity and of half-BPS black holes in $\mathcal{N}=8$ supergravity. We propose criteria, generalizing explicit…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-25 Aidan Herderschee , Radu Roiban , Fei Teng

We study the process, within classical general relativity, in which an incident gravitational plane wave, of weak amplitude and long wavelength, scatters off a massive spinning compact object, such as a black hole or neutron star. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-04 M. V. S. Saketh , Justin Vines

Scattering amplitudes have their origin in quantum field theory, but have wide-ranging applications extending to classical physics. We review a formalism to connect certain classical observables to scattering amplitudes. An advantage of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-04 David A. Kosower , Ricardo Monteiro , Donal O'Connell

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 consider scattering in quantum gravity and derive long-range classical and quantum contributions to the scattering of light-like bosons and fermions (spin-0, spin-1/2, spin-1) from an external massive scalar field, such as the Sun or a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-04-07 N. E. J. Bjerrum-Bohr , John F. Donoghue , Barry R. Holstein , Ludovic Plante , Pierre Vanhove

It has been suggested that amplitudes for quantum higher-spin massive particles exchanging gravitons lead, via a classical limit, to results for scattering of spinning black holes in general relativity, when the massive particles are in a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-01 Nils Siemonsen , Justin Vines

The post-Minkowskian expansion of Einstein's general theory of relativity has received much attention in recent years due to the possibility of harnessing the computational power of modern amplitude calculations in such a classical context.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-06-22 N. E. J. Bjerrum-Bohr , P. H. Damgaard , L. Plante , P. Vanhove

An exponential representation of the S-matrix provides a natural framework for understanding the semi-classical limit of scattering amplitudes. While sharing some similarities with the eikonal formalism it differs from it in details.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-08 Poul H. Damgaard , Ludovic Plante , Pierre Vanhove

We compute the classical one-loop gravitational Compton amplitude describing the scattering of a graviton off a massive spinning compact object at the second post-Minkowskian order, including terms through the quartic order in spin. Our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-06 Dogan Akpinar

We continue to investigate correspondences between, on the one hand, scattering amplitudes for massive higher-spin particles and gravitons in appropriate quantum-to-classical limits, and on the other hand, classical gravitational…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-08 Yilber Fabian Bautista , Alfredo Guevara , Chris Kavanagh , Justin Vines

We introduce a covariant Multipole Expansion for the scattering of a massive particle emitting photons or gravitons in $D$ dimensions. We find that these amplitudes exhibit very powerful features such as universality, soft exponentiation,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-06-17 Yilber Fabian Bautista , Alfredo Guevara

We formulate an effective field theory describing large mass scalars and fermions minimally coupled to gravity. The operators of this effective field theory are organized in powers of the transfer momentum divided by the mass of the matter…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-01-29 Poul H. Damgaard , Kays Haddad , Andreas Helset

We investigate the relativistic scattering of spinning black holes using modern amplitude methods within a heavy-mass effective field theory formalism at third post-Minkowskian order. Using a systematic self-force expansion up to first…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-05 N. Emil J. Bjerrum-Bohr , Gang Chen , Konstantinos Papadimos , Yuexiang Zhang

Classical limit of multiple soft graviton theorem can be used to compute the angular power spectrum of long wavelength gravitational radiation in classical scattering provided the total energy carried away by the radiation is small compared…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-10-17 Alok Laddha , Ashoke Sen

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

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

We study gravitational shock waves using scattering amplitude techniques. After first reviewing the derivation in General Relativity as an ultrarelativistic boost of a Schwarzschild solution, we provide an alternative derivation by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-03 Andrea Cristofoli

A recently introduced approach to the classical gravitational dynamics of binary systems involves intricate integrals (linked to a combination of nonlocal-in-time interactions with iterated $\frac1r$-potential scattering) which have so far…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-02-24 Donato Bini , Thibault Damour , Andrea Geralico , Stefano Laporta , Pierpaolo Mastrolia

The study investigates the gravitational scattering amplitude between two Schwarzschild black holes in a two to two interaction, focusing on the Second Post-Minkowskian correction (2 PM). Analyzing contributions from box and cross-box…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-05 Toni Teschke

We utilize various computational techniques in flat and curved backgrounds to calculate the classical gravitational Compton amplitude up to the second post-Minkowskian order. Our novel result supports the use of worldline quantum field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-03 N. Emil J. Bjerrum-Bohr , Gang Chen , Carl Jordan Eriksen , Nabha Shah