| Speaker: | Mikhail Solon (Caltech, USA) |
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| Title: | Binary Black Holes and Scattering Amplitudes |
| Date (JST): | Wed, Jan 22, 2020, 13:30 - 14:30 |
| Place: | Seminar Room A |
| Blackboard: | (Blackboard talk) |
| Abstract: | We develop a systematic framework for describing binary dynamics using modern tools from quantum field theory. Our approach combines onshell methods such as generalized unitarity and the double-copy construction with effective field theory methods for integration and matching. As a first application, we derive a new result in general relativity: the third post-Minkowskian correction to the conservative two-body Hamiltonian for spinless black holes. Prospects and challenges for applying quantum field theory for the gravitational wave physics program are discussed. |
