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Quantum dynamics of perfect fluids
Walter D. Goldberger, Petar Tadić
We study the quantum field theory of zero temperature perfect fluids. Such systems are defined by quantizing a classical field theory of scalar fields that act as Lagrange co…
Effective Field Theory for Compact Binary Dynamics
Walter D. Goldberger
I review the effective field theory (EFT) description of gravitating compact objects. The focus is on kinematic regimes where gravity is perturbative, in particular the adiabatic i…
Snowmass Theory Frontier: Effective Field Theory
Matthew Baumgart, Fady Bishara, Tomas Brauner +34
We summarize recent progress in the development, application, and understanding of effective field theories and highlight promising directions for future research. This Report is p…
Effective field theories of gravity and compact binary dynamics: A Snowmass 2021 whitepaper
Walter D. Goldberger
In this whitepaper, I describe modern applications of effective field theory (EFT) techniques to classical and quantum gravity, with relevance to problems in astrophysics and cosmo…
Non-conservative effects on Spinning Black Holes from World-Line Effective Field Theory
Walter D. Goldberger, Jingping Li, Ira Z. Rothstein
We generalize the worldline EFT formalism developed in [4-9] to calculate the non-conservative tidal effects on spinning black holes in a long wavelength approximation that is vali…
Horizon radiation reaction forces
Walter D. Goldberger, Ira Z. Rothstein
Using Effective Field Theory (EFT) methods, we compute the effects of horizon dissipation on the gravitational interactions of relativistic binary black hole systems. We assume tha…