Published May 7, 2008
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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/10.1088/0264-9381/25/9/095012Additional 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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40065561
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING CONSTANTS; CROSS SECTIONS; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITONS; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MATTER; PLANETS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SCATTERING; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; STARS
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLITUDES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; MASSLESS PARTICLES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS; RELATIVITY THEORY