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Conservative and Radiative Dynamics of Spinning Bodies at Third Post-Minkowskian Order Using Worldline Quantum Field
Gustav Uhre Jakobsen1, Gustav Mogull1
1Institut für Physik und IRIS Adlershof, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Zum Großen Windkanal 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany and Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute), Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
Abstract:
Using the spinning worldline quantum field theory formalism we calculate the quadratic-in-spin momentum impulse Δp_{i}^{μ} and spin kick Δa_{i}^{μ} from a scattering of two arbitrarily oriented spinning massive bodies (black holes or neutron stars) in a weak gravitational background up to third post-Minkowskian (PM) order (G^{3}). Two-loop Feynman integrals are performed in the potential region, yielding conservative results. For spins aligned to the orbital angular momentum we find a conservative scattering angle that is fully consistent with state-of-the-art post-Newtonian results. Using the 2PM radiated angular momentum previously obtained by Plefka, Steinhoff, and the present authors, we generalize the angle to include radiation-reaction effects, in which case it avoids divergences in the high-energy limit.
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