Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals

Abstract We establish and develop a novel methodology to treat higher-order non-linear effects of gravitational radiation that is scattered from binary inspirals, which employs modern scattering-amplitudes methods on the effective picture of the binary as a composite particle. We spell out our proce...

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Main Authors: Alex Edison, Michèle Levi
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2024-08-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)161
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description Abstract We establish and develop a novel methodology to treat higher-order non-linear effects of gravitational radiation that is scattered from binary inspirals, which employs modern scattering-amplitudes methods on the effective picture of the binary as a composite particle. We spell out our procedure to study such effects: assembling tree amplitudes via generalized-unitarity methods and employing the closed-time-path formalism to derive the causal effective actions, which encompass the full conservative and dissipative dynamics. We push through to a new state of the art for these higher-order effects, up to the third subleading tail effect, at order G N 5 $$ {G}_N^5 $$ and the 5-loop level, which corresponds to the 8.5PN order. We formulate the consequent dissipated energy for these higher-order corrections, and carry out a renormalization analysis, where we uncover new subleading RG flow of the quadrupole coupling. For all higher-order tail effects we find perfect agreement with partial observable results in PN and self-force theories, where available.
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spelling doaj-art-1e6ac48194f34d5ab3fb81d2946e99c02024-11-24T12:07:32ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792024-08-012024815310.1007/JHEP08(2024)161Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspiralsAlex Edison0Michèle Levi1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern UniversityMathematical Institute, University of OxfordAbstract We establish and develop a novel methodology to treat higher-order non-linear effects of gravitational radiation that is scattered from binary inspirals, which employs modern scattering-amplitudes methods on the effective picture of the binary as a composite particle. We spell out our procedure to study such effects: assembling tree amplitudes via generalized-unitarity methods and employing the closed-time-path formalism to derive the causal effective actions, which encompass the full conservative and dissipative dynamics. We push through to a new state of the art for these higher-order effects, up to the third subleading tail effect, at order G N 5 $$ {G}_N^5 $$ and the 5-loop level, which corresponds to the 8.5PN order. We formulate the consequent dissipated energy for these higher-order corrections, and carry out a renormalization analysis, where we uncover new subleading RG flow of the quadrupole coupling. For all higher-order tail effects we find perfect agreement with partial observable results in PN and self-force theories, where available.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)161Classical Theories of GravityEffective Field TheoriesRenormalization GroupScattering Amplitudes
spellingShingle Alex Edison
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Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals
Journal of High Energy Physics
Classical Theories of Gravity
Effective Field Theories
Renormalization Group
Scattering Amplitudes
title Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals
title_full Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals
title_fullStr Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals
title_full_unstemmed Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals
title_short Higher-order tails and RG flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals
title_sort higher order tails and rg flows due to scattering of gravitational radiation from binary inspirals
topic Classical Theories of Gravity
Effective Field Theories
Renormalization Group
Scattering Amplitudes
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2024)161
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