Multipole expansion at the level of the action in $d$-dimensions

Abstract

In this paper we study the multipole expansion of the long-wavelength effective action for radiative sources in ($d$+1) spacetime dimensions. We present detailed expressions for the multipole moments for the case of scalar-, electromagnetic-, and (linearized) gravitational-wave emission. For electromagnetism and gravity, we derive expressions for the odd-parity, magnetic-type moments as SO($d$) duals of the ones traditionally used in the literature. The $d$-dimensional case features a novel set of `Weyl-type' moments, coupling to the spatial part of the Weyl tensor, which are absent in three dimensions. Agreement is found in the overlap with previous known results, notably in the $d\to 3$ limit. Due to its reliance on dimensional regularization, the results presented here play a crucial role for the further development of the Effective Field Theory approach to gravitational dynamics, and in particular for the computation of the gravitational-wave flux, starting at the third post-Newtonian order.

26 pages, v2: typos corrected, published version

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