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Title: Scattering Amplitudes and the Conservative Hamiltonian for Binary Systems at Third Post-Minkowskian Order

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
  2. California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
  3. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
  4. Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland)

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 double-copy construction, which relates gravity integrands to simpler gauge-theory expressions. Adapting methods for integration and matching from effective field theory, we extract the conservative Hamiltonian for compact spinless binaries at third post-Minkowskian order. The resulting Hamiltonian is in complete agreement with corresponding terms in state-of-the-art expressions at fourth post-Newtonian order as well as the probe limit at all orders in velocity. We also derive the scattering angle at third post-Minkowskian order and find agreement with known results.

Research Organization:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0011632; SC0009937; SC0013699; SNF200021179016
OSTI ID:
1515607
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1600672
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 122, Issue 20; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 272 works
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