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Leading order finite size effects with spins for inspiralling compact binaries

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The leading order finite size effects due to spin, namely that of the cubic and quartic in spin interactions, are derived for the first time for generic compact binaries via the effective field theory for gravitating spinning objects. These corrections enter at the third and a half and fourth post-Newtonian orders, respectively, for rapidly rotating compact objects. Hence, we complete the leading order finite size effects with spin up to the fourth post-Newtonian accuracy. We arrive at this by augmenting the point particle effective action with new higher dimensional nonminimal coupling worldline operators, involving higher-order derivatives of the gravitational field, and introducing new Wilson coefficients, corresponding to constants, which describe the octupole and hexadecapole deformations of the object due to spin. These Wilson coefficients are fixed to unity in the black hole case. The nonminimal coupling worldline operators enter the action with the electric and magnetic components of the Weyl tensor of even and odd parity, coupled to even and odd worldline spin tensors, respectively. Moreover, the non relativistic gravitational field decomposition, which we employ, demonstrates a coupling hierarchy of the gravito-magnetic vector and the Newtonian scalar, to the odd and even in spin operators, respectively, which extends that of minimal coupling. This observation is useful for the construction of the Feynman diagrams, and provides an instructive analogy between the leading order spin-orbit and cubic in spin interactions, and between the leading order quadratic and quartic in spin interactions.

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2026 4 2025 1

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Generalized Carter & R\"udiger Constants of $\sqrt{\text{Kerr}}$

gr-qc · 2026-02-21 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Generalized Carter and Rüdiger constants for spinning charged probes in √Kerr backgrounds exist only for Wilson coefficients matching spin-exponentiated effective Compton amplitudes up to second order in spin.

Resummation of Universal Tails in Gravitational Waveforms

hep-th · 2025-04-10 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A universal anomalous dimension for multipole moments in GR is derived via two EFT methods and applied to resum short-distance logarithmic tails in binary gravitational waveforms.

Iterative Solution of the Kerr Black Hole Metric

hep-th · 2026-05-19 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

A double perturbative expansion of the Kerr metric is obtained by recursively solving the Einstein equations in harmonic gauge to arbitrary order in G and a, with re-summation requiring redundant harmonic coordinate terms.

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  • Generalized Carter & R\"udiger Constants of $\sqrt{\text{Kerr}}$ gr-qc · 2026-02-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 35 · internal anchor

    Generalized Carter and Rüdiger constants for spinning charged probes in √Kerr backgrounds exist only for Wilson coefficients matching spin-exponentiated effective Compton amplitudes up to second order in spin.

  • Resummation of Universal Tails in Gravitational Waveforms hep-th · 2025-04-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 47 · internal anchor

    A universal anomalous dimension for multipole moments in GR is derived via two EFT methods and applied to resum short-distance logarithmic tails in binary gravitational waveforms.

  • N-body next-to-leading order gravitational spin-orbit interaction via effective field theory gr-qc · 2026-05-14 · conditional · none · ref 67 · internal anchor

    The NLO gravitational spin-orbit Hamiltonian for N spinning bodies is computed via PN-EFT, with only three-body diagrams new beyond the binary case, and the result matches the known ADM Hamiltonian up to canonical transformation.

  • Iterative Solution of the Kerr Black Hole Metric hep-th · 2026-05-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 30 · internal anchor

    A double perturbative expansion of the Kerr metric is obtained by recursively solving the Einstein equations in harmonic gauge to arbitrary order in G and a, with re-summation requiring redundant harmonic coordinate terms.

  • Love numbers of black holes and compact objects gr-qc · 2026-04-09 · unverdicted · none · ref 148

    A pedagogical review of Love numbers and tidal responses for black holes and compact objects in general relativity and extensions.