Abstract
We determine the gravitational interaction between two compact bodies up to the sixth power in Newton’s constant, , in the static limit. This result is achieved within the effective field theory approach to general relativity, and exploits a manifest factorization property of static diagrams which allows us to derive static post Newtonian (PN) contributions of () order in terms of lower order ones. We recompute in this fashion the 1PN and 3PN static potential, and present the novel 5PN contribution.
- Received 5 March 2019
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.241605
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