The Eikonal Approximation and the Gravitational Dynamics of Binary Systems

Abstract

In this thesis we study the conservative gravitational dynamics of binary systems using the eikonal approximation; allowing us to use scattering amplitude techniques to calculate dynamical quantities in classical gravity. This has implications for the study of binary black hole systems and their resulting gravitational waves.

PhD thesis, 160 pages, 14 figures

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