Bootstrapping the relativistic two-body problem

Abstract

Abstract We describe the formalism to compute gravitational-wave observables for compact binaries via the effective field theory framework in combination with modern tools from collider physics. We put particular emphasis on solving the ‘multi-loop’ integration problem via the methodology of differential equations and expansion by regions. This allows us to bootstrap the two-body relativistic dynamics in the Post-Minkowskian (PM) expansion from boundary data evaluated in the near-static (soft) limit. We illustrate the procedure with the derivation of the total spacetime impulse in the scattering of non-spinning bodies to 4PM (three-loop) order, i.e. O $$ \mathcal{O} $$ (G 4), including conservative and dissipative effects.

Keywords

• Classical Theories of Gravity
• Effective Field Theories
• Scattering Amplitudes