Barak Kol - The effective field theory approach to the two body problem in Einstein's gravity

The effective field theory approach uses field theory ideas and techniques to perturbatively solve the two-body problem in the slow velocity post-Newtonian limit.
Central notions include the two-body effective action, field elimination through Feynman diagrams, a non-relativistic decomposition of Einstein's field, and finally divergences, their regularization and renormalization.
This study is important for the ongoing observational effort to detect gravitational waves and it complements numerical simulations.

2014.08.29. 14:00
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