On higher-derivative effects on the gravitational potential and particle bending

DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2020)010MaRDI QIDQ2185243zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Andreas Brandhuber, Gabriele Travaglini

Publication date 4 June 2020

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.05657

zbMATH Keywords

effective field theoriesmodels of quantum gravityscattering amplitudes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Bosonic systems in quantum theory (81V73)

Abstract: Using modern amplitude techniques we compute the leading classical and quantum corrections to the classical gravitational potential between two massive scalars induced by adding an $R^3$ term to Einstein gravity. We then study the scattering of massless scalars, photons and gravitons off a heavy scalar in the presence of the same $R^3$ deformation, and determine the bending angle in the three cases from the non-analytic component of the scattering amplitude. Similarly to the Einstein-Hilbert case, we find that the classical contribution to the bending angle is universal, but unlike that case, universality is preserved also by the first quantum correction. Finally we extend our analysis to include a deformation of the form $Phi{R}^2$, where $Phi$ is the dilaton, which arises in the low-energy effective action of the bosonic string in addition to the $R^3$ term, and compute its effect on the graviton bending.

Recommendations

• Propagator, tree-level unitarity and effective nonrelativistic potential for higher-derivative gravity theories in D dimensions
• Gravitational ``Seesaw and light bending in higher-derivative gravity
• Light-like scattering in quantum gravity
• Determination of angle of light deflection in higher-derivative gravity theories
• Interesting features of semiclassical gravitational deflection

Cites work

• Amplitudes, observables, and classical scattering
• Aspects of quadratic gravity
• Causality constraints on corrections to the graviton three-point coupling
• Classical space-times from the S-matrix
• Dimensional regularization of the gravitational interaction of point masses
• Lagrangians for n point masses at the second post-Newtonian approximation of general relativity
• Leading singularities and classical gravitational scattering
• Light-like scattering in quantum gravity
• Multi-leg one-loop gravity amplitudes from gauge theory
• On-shell techniques and universal results in quantum gravity
• One-loop \(n\)-point gauge theory amplitudes, unitarity and collinear limits.
• Quantum long-range interactions in general relativity
• Scattering amplitudes, black holes and leading singularities in cubic theories of gravity
• Scattering of spinning black holes from exponentiated soft factors
• String theory and the mapping of gravity into gauge theory
• The double copy: bremsstrahlung and accelerating black holes

Cited in

(40)

• The uncertainty principle and classical amplitudes
• Post-Minkowskian scattering angle in Einstein gravity
• Kerr binary dynamics from minimal coupling and double copy
• Amplitudes from Coulomb to Kerr-Taub-NUT
• Large gauge effects and the structure of amplitudes
• Double copy for massive quantum particles with spin
• On-shell heavy particle effective theories
• Scattering in black hole backgrounds and higher-spin amplitudes. I.
• The 2PM Hamiltonian for binary Kerr to quartic in spin
• Spin Supplementary condition in quantum field theory: covariant SSC and physical state projection
• Classical gravitational scattering from a gauge-invariant double copy
• Radiative classical gravitational observables at \(\mathcal{O} (G^3)\) from scattering amplitudes
• Orbital precession and hidden symmetries in scalar-tensor theories
• A worldsheet for Kerr
• Kinematic Hopf algebra for amplitudes from higher-derivative operators
• On the double copy for spinning matter
• Resummed spinning waveforms from five-point amplitudes
• Tidal effects in quantum field theory
• Physical effects of the gravitational Θ-parameter
• Dispersive photon propagation in semiclassical higher-derivative gravity
• Spinning binary dynamics in cubic effective field theories of gravity
• Classical solutions and their double copy in split signature
• Leading nonlinear tidal effects and scattering amplitudes
• Wave scattering event shapes at high energies
• On-shell operator construction in the effective field theory of gravity
• On butterfly effect in higher derivative gravities
• Amplitude bases in generic EFTs
• Gravitational effective field theory islands, low-spin dominance, and the four-graviton amplitude
• One-loop gravitational bremsstrahlung and waveforms from a heavy-mass effective field theory
• 2PM waveform from loop corrected soft theorems
• Classical Yang-Mills observables from amplitudes
• Scattering amplitudes, black holes and leading singularities in cubic theories of gravity
• Black hole binary dynamics from the double copy and effective theory
• Binary black holes and quantum off-shell recursion
• Scalar QED as a toy model for higher-order effects in classical gravitational scattering
• Post-Minkowskian Hamiltonians in modified theories of gravity
• The SAGEX review on scattering amplitudes Chapter 14: Classical gravity from scattering amplitudes
• Gravitational ``Seesaw and light bending in higher-derivative gravity
• Scattering amplitudes for binary systems beyond GR
• The radial action from probe amplitudes to all orders

Describes a project that uses

Uses Software

• LiteRed

This page was built for publication: On higher-derivative effects on the gravitational potential and particle bending

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2185243)