We provide the analytic waveform in time domain for the scattering of two Kerr black holes at leading order in the post-Minkowskian (weak field, but generic velocity) expansion and up to fourth order in both spins. The result is obtained by the generalization of the Kosower-Maybee-O'Connell formalism to radiative observables, combined with the analytic continuation of the five-point scattering amplitude to complex kinematics. We use analyticity arguments to express the waveform directly in terms of the threepoint coupling of the graviton to the spinning particles and the gravitational Compton amplitudes, completely bypassing the need to compute and integrate the five-point amplitude. In particular, this allows us to easily include higher-order spin contributions for any spinning compact body. Finally, in the spinless case, we find a new compact and gauge-invariant representation of the Kovacs-Thorne waveform.

Spinning waveforms from the Kosower-Maybee-O’Connell formalism at leading order / De Angelis, Stefano; Novichkov, Pavel; Gonzo, Riccardo. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW D. - ISSN 2470-0010. - 110:4(2024), pp. 1-8. [10.1103/physrevd.110.l041502]

Spinning waveforms from the Kosower-Maybee-O’Connell formalism at leading order

Novichkov, Pavel;
2024-01-01

Abstract

We provide the analytic waveform in time domain for the scattering of two Kerr black holes at leading order in the post-Minkowskian (weak field, but generic velocity) expansion and up to fourth order in both spins. The result is obtained by the generalization of the Kosower-Maybee-O'Connell formalism to radiative observables, combined with the analytic continuation of the five-point scattering amplitude to complex kinematics. We use analyticity arguments to express the waveform directly in terms of the threepoint coupling of the graviton to the spinning particles and the gravitational Compton amplitudes, completely bypassing the need to compute and integrate the five-point amplitude. In particular, this allows us to easily include higher-order spin contributions for any spinning compact body. Finally, in the spinless case, we find a new compact and gauge-invariant representation of the Kovacs-Thorne waveform.
2024
110
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1
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L041502
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.110.L041502
De Angelis, Stefano; Novichkov, Pavel; Gonzo, Riccardo
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