Abstract: I review the state of the art of modern approaches to gravitational wave physics that leverage ideas and tools from scattering amplitudes and quantum field theory to tackle the gravitational binary problem in (classical) general relativity.

Abstract: Accurate modeling of compact binaries is essential for gravitational-wave detection and parameter estimation, with spin being an important effect to include in waveform models. In this seminar, I will show how to derive new post-Newtonian (PN) results for the conservative aligned-spin dynamics at next-to-next-to-leading order for the spin3 and spin4 contributions, in addition to the next-to-leading order (NLO) spin5 and spin6 contributions. One approach we follow is the Tutti Frutti method, which relates PN and gravitational self-force (GSF) results through the redshift and spin-precession invariants, by making use of the simple dependence of the scattering angle on the binary mass ratio. However, an ambiguity arises at the NLO spin5 contribution, due to transcendental  functions of the Kerr spin in the redshift; this is also the order at which Compton amplitudes calculations are affected by spurious poles. Therefore, we discuss an additional approach to determine the NLO spin5 and spin6 dynamics: using on-shell Compton amplitudes dictated by homogeneous solutions of the Teukolsky equation, the later solved non-perturbative in terms of the Nekrasov-Shatashvili Function.

Dia 15/08/2024 (quinta-feira), às 16h, na Sala Jayme Tiomno

Resumo: Há cinquenta anos, um trabalho seminal de Stephen Hawking foi publicado na revista Nature. Nele, foi-se anunciada a radição emitida por buracos negros que levaria o nome do autor. Desde então, o fenômeno foi intensamente estudado por inúmeros autores e influenciou diversos campos da física teórica. Neste colóquio, exploramos a relevância da descoberta e algumas das repercussões que ainda hoje são estudadas. Daremos ênfase a avanços recentes na termodinâmica de buracos negros, ao chamado "paradoxo da informação" e ao relacionado "paradoxo do tempo de Page".

Abstract: In this talk I would like to discuss the defect renormalization group flows recently found in ABJM theory. In such a setting, we find RG flow trajectories that may or may not preserve some subset of the original N=6 supersymmetry. The $\beta$-functions have a rich spectrum of fixed points representing (super)conformal defects that provide a rich arena to study quantum effects in 2+1 dimensional theories. This sheds new light on universal information about the theory, such as the Bremsstrahlung function, and possibly on the holographic dual setting of strings in AdS4xCP3.