Scattering and Bound Observables for Spinning Particles in Kerr Spacetime with Generic Spin Orientations
We derive the radial action of a spinning probe particle in Kerr spacetime from the worldline formalism in the first-order form, focusing on linear in spin effects. We then develop a novel covariant Dirac bracket formalism to compute the impulse and the spin kick directly from the radial action, generalizing some conjectural results in the literature and providing ready-to-use expressions for amplitude calculations with generic spin orientations. This allows, for the first time, to find new covariant expressions for scattering observables in the probe limit up to O(G^{6}s_{1}s_{2}^{4}). Finally, we use the action-angle representation to compute the fundamental frequencies for generic bound orbits, including the intrinsic spin precession, the periastron advance, and the precession of the orbital plane.
Authors
- Canxin Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0360-3283)
- Riccardo Gonzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-6295)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Institute of Theoretical Physics (CN)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.133.221401
- Citations
- 24
- Primary Topic
- Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.96
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation