DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.191603 ISSN: 0031-9007

Covariant Compton Amplitudes in Gravity with Classical Spin

N. Emil J. Bjerrum-Bohr, Gang Chen, Marcos Skowronek

We develop a novel amplitude bootstrap technique manifestly free of unphysical poles for classically spinning particles interacting with gravitons utilizing only the double-copy and physical factorization limits. Combined with nonfactorization polynomial contact contributions from physical data for Kerr black holes, we can address high-spin-order covariant gravitational Compton amplitudes, identifying a pattern for the amplitude that we believe could extend to all orders in spin. Finally, we outline applications and outstanding questions.

Published by the American Physical Society 2024

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