Published May 7, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Graviton scattering from classical matter

Creators

  • 1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Enrico Fermi dell'Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy and INFN, Sezione di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)

Description

The low-energy scattering of gravitons from a composite extended system, which is made of classical massive bodies, is considered; by using the Feynman rules of effective quantum gravity, the corresponding cross-section is computed to lowest order in powers of the gravitational coupling constant. For the gravitons scattering from a rotating planet or a star, it is shown that the classical limit of the matter-graviton coupling in the effective quantum gravity Lagrangian leads to a low-energy scattering amplitude which coincides with the expression obtained in classical general relativity

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/25/9/095012

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/25/9/095012;
PII
S0264-9381(08)64764-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
[11 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG