Binary Dynamics through the Fifth Power of Spin at

Z Bern, D Kosmopoulos, A Luna, R Roiban, F Teng - Physical review letters, 2023 - APS
We use a previously developed scattering-amplitudes-based framework for determining two-
body Hamiltonians for generic binary systems with arbitrary spin S. By construction this …

Spinning black hole binary dynamics, scattering amplitudes, and effective field theory

Z Bern, A Luna, R Roiban, CH Shen, M Zeng - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
We describe a systematic framework for finding the conservative potential of compact binary
systems with spin based on scattering amplitudes of particles of arbitrary spin and effective …

Gravitational effective field theory islands, low-spin dominance, and the four-graviton amplitude

Z Bern, D Kosmopoulos… - Journal of Physics A …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze constraints from perturbative unitarity and crossing on the leading contributions
of higher-dimension operators to the four-graviton amplitude in four spacetime dimensions …

Compton black-hole scattering for s≤ 5/2

M Chiodaroli, H Johansson, P Pichini - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2022 - Springer
A bstract Quantum scattering amplitudes for massive matter have received new attention in
connection to classical calculations relevant to gravitational-wave physics. Amplitude …

From higher-spin gauge interactions to Compton amplitudes for root-Kerr

L Cangemi, M Chiodaroli, H Johansson… - Journal of High Energy …, 2024 - Springer
A bstract We develop massive higher-spin theory as a framework for describing dynamics of
rotating compact objects, such as Kerr black holes. In this paper, we explore gauge …

On the double copy for spinning matter

YF Bautista, A Guevara - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We explore various tree-level double copy constructions for amplitudes including
massive particles with spin. By working in general dimensions, we use that particles with …

Covariant actions and propagators for all spins, masses, and dimensions

LW Lindwasser - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The explicit covariant actions and propagators are given for fields describing particles of all
spins and masses, in any spacetime dimension. Massive particles are realized as …

On partition function and Weyl anomaly of conformal higher-spin fields

AA Tseytlin - Nuclear Physics B, 2013 - Elsevier
We study 4-dimensional higher-derivative conformal higher-spin (CHS) fields generalizing
Weyl graviton and conformal gravitino. They appear, in particular, as “induced” theories in …

Cubic interactions of Maxwell-like higher spins

D Francia, GL Monaco, K Mkrtchyan - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017 - Springer
A bstract We study the cubic vertices for Maxwell-like higher-spins in flat and (A) dS
background spaces of any dimension. Reducibility of their free spectra implies that a single …

Higher-point positivity

V Chandrasekaran, GN Remmen… - Journal of High Energy …, 2018 - Springer
A bstract We consider the extension of techniques for bounding higher-dimension operators
in quantum effective field theories to higher-point operators. Working in the context of …