Classical gravity from loop amplitudes

N. Emil J. Bjerrum-Bohr, Poul H. Damgaard, Ludovic Plante, Pierre Vanhove

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Abstract

We describe an efficient method for extracting the parts of D-dimensional loop integrals that are needed to derive observables in classical general relativity from scattering amplitudes. Our approach simplifies the soft-region method of integration by judiciously combining terms before the final integrations. We demonstrate the method by computing the required integrals for black-hole scattering to the second post-Minkowskian order in Einstein gravity coupled to scalars. We also confirm recent results at the third post-Minkowskian order regarding universality and high-energy behavior of gravitational interactions in maximal supergravity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number026009
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume104
Issue number2
Number of pages27
ISSN2470-0010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2021

Keywords

  • YANG-MILLS

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