Ultra-Planckian scattering from a QFT for gravity
arXiv:2107.01727 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.105.046008
Abstract
Astonishing cancellations take place in the calculation of high-energy scattering cross sections in quantum quadratic gravity, a quantum field theory for gravity. Tree-level differential cross sections that are minimally inclusive behave as , as desired for a well-behaved UV completion. Such cross sections are calculated for the various spin states of the massless and massive graviparticles. These describe the hard scattering processes that occur in a picture involving the gravitational analog of parton showers. The structure of some of the simpler amplitudes is also explored. Unitarity without positivity is the key property of the perturbative theory.
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