Balzan Conference on Open Issues in Gravitation

Collection Balzan Conference on Open Issues in Gravitation

Organizer(s) Thibault Damour, Alessandro Nagar, Julio Parra-Martinez
Date(s) 24/03/2026 - 26/03/2026
linked URL https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/16096/
00:00:00 / 00:00:00
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Feynman integrals and EFT approach to gravitational interactions: 6 loops for 6 PN

By Pierpaolo Mastrolia

I discuss the diagrammatic approach to the conservative dynamics of coalescing binary systems within the effective field theory (EFT) framework applied to General Relativity (GR). In this setting, the Post-Newtonian (PN) expansion of the interaction potential can be systematically computed using techniques familiar from quantum field theory. Focusing on the static sector, I present the evaluation of the sixth-order PN correction, which requires the computation of six-loop two-point Feynman integrals. I review the main ingredients of the calculation and outline how the structure of the contributing diagrams enables a controlled organization of the computation. I will also discuss how a factorization theorem for the static potential can be exploited to extend the analysis to higher PN orders. Finally, I comment on general structural properties of Feynman integrals arising in GR-context, including their vector-space structure and their relations to D-modules theory.

Information about the video

  • Date of recording 24/03/2026
  • Date of publication 31/03/2026
  • Institution IHES
  • Language English
  • Audience Researchers
  • Format MP4

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