1. Perturbative spacetimes from Yang-Mills theory
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Luna, A., Monteiro, R., Nicholson, I., Ochirov, A., O'Connell, D., Westerberg, N., and White, C. D.
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High Energy Physics - Theory ,General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology - Abstract
The double copy relates scattering amplitudes in gauge and gravity theories. In this paper, we expand the scope of the double copy to construct spacetime metrics through a systematic perturbative expansion. The perturbative procedure is based on direct calculation in Yang-Mills theory, followed by squaring the numerator of certain perturbative diagrams as specified by the double-copy algorithm. The simplest spherically symmetric, stationary spacetime from the point of view of this procedure is a particular member of the Janis-Newman-Winicour family of naked singularities. Our work paves the way for applications of the double copy to physically interesting problems such as perturbative black-hole scattering., Comment: v2: 20 pages + refs, minor improvements
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- 2016
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