O(G^4) gravitational wave scattering amplitude computed in worldline QFT with Murua decomposition, matched to black hole perturbation theory to validate the formalism for Schwarzschild black holes.
Gravitational Sommerfeld Effects: Formalism, Renormalization, and Perturbation to $O(G^{10})$
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In the effective field theory (EFT) description of binary inspirals, the radiated gravitational waveform receives universal corrections from the curved background, the so-called ``tail effects'', that resum into the so-called ``Sommerfeld factor''. We develop a systematic framework for computing this gravitational Sommerfeld factor for scalar perturbations with the presence of tidal effects on the system. Using the worldline EFT, we recast the diagrammatic resummation as a solution to the $d$-dimensional wave equation with a localized source, and derive a closed-form expression for the Sommerfeld factor in terms of the EFT connection matrix. We prove that the phase of the Sommerfeld factor is exactly the same as elastic Compton scattering phase shift when there is no tidal dissipation. By combining the renormalization techniques in EFT with the Mano--Suzuki--Takasugi method in black hole perturbation theory, we analytically solve the Sommerfeld factor for both the magnitude and phase to $O(G^{10})$ for the $\ell = 0, 1, 2$ partial waves. We further establish a new renormalization group equation for the radiative multipole moments, whose exact solution yields an improved resummation of the waveform beyond the universal tail logarithms. These high-precision data and exact relations pave the way for future waveform resummation.
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Gravitational wave scattering at $\mathcal{O}(G^4)$: Murua construction and elliptics
O(G^4) gravitational wave scattering amplitude computed in worldline QFT with Murua decomposition, matched to black hole perturbation theory to validate the formalism for Schwarzschild black holes.