Course Structure
Effective Field Theory Approach to Post-Newtonian Gravity: Jan Steinhoff (Albert Einstein Institute)
Content: Scales of gravitational-wave sources, Post-Newtonian dynamics, Radiation reaction and the in-in formalism, Wave generation, Frontiers.
References:
- Walter D. Goldberger, Effective Field Theory for Compact Binary Dynamics, arXiv:2212.06677
- Michèle Levi, Effective Field Theories of Post-Newtonian Gravity: A comprehensive review, Rept.Prog. Phys. 83 (2020) 7 075901, arXiv:1807.01699
- Rafael A. Porto, The effective field theorist’s approach to gravitational dynamics, Phys.Rept. 633 (2016) 1-104, arXiv: 1601.04914
Tails to the Gravitational Memory and Soft Graviton Theorems: Ashoke Sen (ICTS)
References:
- Ashoke Sen, Gravitational Wave Tails from Soft Theorem: A Short Review, arXiv:2408.08851.
Applications of Scattering Amplitudes to Compact Binary Inspirals: Donal O’Connell (Edinburgh)
Content: Amplitudes and gravity, KMOC formalism, Double copy, Waveform from amplitudes, large gauge transformations, Worldline effective theories.
References:
Effective One-Body Approach to Compact Binary Coalescence: Tamanna Jain (École Normale Supérieure - PSL)
Content: Introduction to Effective One-Body Formalism (conservative and radiation reaction effects), Tutti-Frutti approach, applications of effective one-body formalism to scalar tensor theories (including massless scalar tensor and Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet), and application with the information from post-Minkowskian formalism.
References:
- Michele Maggiore, Gravitational Waves: Volume 1: Theory and Experiments, Cambridge, 2007.
- T Damour and A Nagar, The Effective One-Body Description of the Two-Body Problem, arXiv: 0906.1769.