Spinning bodies in general relativity from bosonic worldline oscillators

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Main Authors: Haddad, Kays, Jakobsen, Gustav Uhre, Mogull, Gustav, Plefka, Jan
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Published: 2024
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author Haddad, Kays
Jakobsen, Gustav Uhre
Mogull, Gustav
Plefka, Jan
author_facet Haddad, Kays
Jakobsen, Gustav Uhre
Mogull, Gustav
Plefka, Jan
contents Worldline quantum field theory (WQFT) has proven itself a powerful tool for classical two-body scattering calculations in general relativity. In this paper we develop a new worldline action involving bosonic oscillators, which enables the use of the WQFT formalism to describe massive compact bodies to all orders in their spins. Inspired by bosonic string theory in the tensionless limit, we augment traditional trajectory variables with bosonic oscillators capturing the spin dependence. We show its equivalence to the covariant phase space description of a spinning body in curved space and clarify the role of the spin-supplementary condition in a Hamiltonian treatment. Higher-spin Hamiltonians are classified to linear and quadratic order in curvature. Finally, perturbative computations at 1PM order for arbitrary powers and orientations of spin and at 2PM up to quartic spin order are performed, recovering results from the literature.
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spellingShingle Spinning bodies in general relativity from bosonic worldline oscillators
Haddad, Kays
Jakobsen, Gustav Uhre
Mogull, Gustav
Plefka, Jan
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Worldline quantum field theory (WQFT) has proven itself a powerful tool for classical two-body scattering calculations in general relativity. In this paper we develop a new worldline action involving bosonic oscillators, which enables the use of the WQFT formalism to describe massive compact bodies to all orders in their spins. Inspired by bosonic string theory in the tensionless limit, we augment traditional trajectory variables with bosonic oscillators capturing the spin dependence. We show its equivalence to the covariant phase space description of a spinning body in curved space and clarify the role of the spin-supplementary condition in a Hamiltonian treatment. Higher-spin Hamiltonians are classified to linear and quadratic order in curvature. Finally, perturbative computations at 1PM order for arbitrary powers and orientations of spin and at 2PM up to quartic spin order are performed, recovering results from the literature.
title Spinning bodies in general relativity from bosonic worldline oscillators
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.08176