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Using the implicit function theorem we demonstrate that solutions to the classical part of the relativistic Lippmann-Schwinger equation are in one-to-one correspondence with those of the energy equation of a relativistic two-body system. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 N. E. J. Bjerrum-Bohr , Andrea Cristofoli , Poul H. Damgaard

With the aim of computing bound waveforms from scattering amplitudes, we explore gravitational two-body dynamics using the Schwinger-Dyson equations and Bethe-Salpeter recursion. We show that the tree-level scattering waveform admits a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-10 Tim Adamo , Riccardo Gonzo , Anton Ilderton

Using the worldline quantum field theory approach we derive solutions to the equations of motion for spinning massive bodies up to quadratic order in spins. At leading post-Minkowskian (PM) order these trajectories are obtained in the time…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-27 Gustav Mogull , Jan Plefka , Kathrin Stoldt

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 paper we study the two-body gravitational scattering of massive scalars with different masses in general spacetime dimensions. We focus on the Regge limit (eikonal regime) of the resulting scattering amplitudes and discuss how to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-02 Arnau Koemans Collado , Paolo Di Vecchia , Rodolfo Russo

Using scattering amplitudes, we obtain the potential contributions to conservative binary dynamics in general relativity at fourth post-Minkowskian order, ${\cal O}(G^4)$. As in previous lower-order calculations, we harness powerful tools…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-20 Zvi Bern , Julio Parra-Martinez , Radu Roiban , Michael S. Ruf , Chia-Hsien Shen , Mikhail P. Solon , Mao Zeng

We revisit the dynamics of the post-Newtonian (PN) two-body problem for two inspiraling compact bodies. Starting from a matter-only reduced Hamiltonian, we present an adapted framework based on the Lie series approach, enabling the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-14 Christopher Aykroyd , Adrien Bourgoin , Christophe Le Poncin-Lafitte

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…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-29 Zvi Bern , Clifford Cheung , Radu Roiban , Chia-Hsien Shen , Mikhail P. Solon , Mao Zeng

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

The Hamiltonian for a system of relativistic bodies interacting by their gravitational field is found in the post-Minkowskian approximation, including all terms linear in the gravitational constant. It is given in a surprisingly simple…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Tomas Ledvinka , Gerhard Schaefer , Jiri Bicak

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

Gravitational scattering of small bodies (planetesimals) by a planet remains a fundamental problem in celestial mechanics. It is traditionally modeled within the circular restricted three-body problem (CR3BP), where individual particle…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-11 Yukun Huang , Brett Gladman , Eiichiro Kokubo

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

The relativistic 2-body problem, much like the non-relativistic one, is reduced to describing the motion of an effective particle in an external field. The concept of a relativistic reduced mass and effective particle energy introduced some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 P. P. Fiziev , I. T. Todorov

We compute the next-to-leading-order radiation-reaction modification to the harmonic coordinate quasi-Keplerian parametrization of the binary dynamics, the two bodies undergoing a scattering process. The solution for the radiation-reaction…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-09-23 Donato Bini , Andrea Geralico , Sara Rufrano Aliberti

The transition-matrix ($T$-matrix) approach provides a general formalism to study scattering problems in various areas of physics, including acoustics (scalar fields) and electromagnetics (vector fields), and is related to the theory of the…

Optics · Physics 2016-02-08 Eric C. Le Ru , Walter R. C. Somerville , Baptiste Auguié

Inspired by the problem of Planckian scattering we describe a classical effective field theory for weak ultra relativistic scattering in which field propagation is instantaneous and transverse and the particles' equations of motion localize…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-08 Barak Kol

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

The dynamics of the Restricted 3 Body Problem in the Post Newtonian context have been, and continue to be, studied extensively and a number of characteristics such as ejections of bodies from the system, precession of orbits, chaotic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-07 Patric de Gentile-Williams

The article reviews the current status of a theoretical approach to the problem of the emission of gravitational waves by isolated systems in the context of general relativity. Part A of the article deals with general post-Newtonian…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-11-23 Luc Blanchet