Classical effective field theory for weak ultra relativistic scattering

DOI10.1007/JHEP07(2011)062zbMATH Open1298.83017arXiv1103.5741OpenAlexW1980973994MaRDI QIDQ467280FDOQ467280

Barak Kol

Publication date: 3 November 2014

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

Abstract: Inspired by the problem of Planckian scattering we describe a classical effective field theory for weak ultra relativistic scattering in which field propagation is instantaneous and transverse and the particles' equations of motion localize to the instant of passing. An analogy with the non-relativistic (post-Newtonian) approximation is stressed. The small parameter is identified and power counting rules are established. The theory is applied to reproduce the leading scattering angle for either a scalar interaction field or electro-magnetic or gravitational; to compute some subleading corrections, including the interaction duration; and to allow for non-zero masses. For the gravitational case we present an appropriate decomposition of the gravitational field onto the transverse plane together with its whole non-linear action. On the way we touch upon the relation with the eikonal approximation, some evidence for censorship of quantum gravity, and an algebraic ring structure on 2d Minkowski spacetime.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1103.5741

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zbMATH Keywords

classical theories of gravityfield theories in higher dimensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Inverse spectral and scattering methods for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K15) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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• Effective field theory and classical equations of motion
• Inverse scattering at high energies for classical relativistic particles in a long-range electromagnetic field

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