Abstract
We present a novel study of Kerr Compton amplitudes in a partial wave basis in terms of the Nekrasov-Shatashvili (NS) function of the confluent Heun equation (CHE). Remarkably, NS-functions enjoy analytic properties and symmetries that are naturally inherited by the Compton amplitudes. Based on this, we characterize the analytic dependence of the Compton phase shift in the Kerr spin parameter and provide a direct comparison to the standard post-Minkowskian (PM) perturbative approach within general relativity (GR). We also analyze the universal large frequency behavior of the relevant characteristic exponent of the CHE—also known as the renormalized angular momentum—and find agreement with numerical computations. Moreover, we discuss the analytic continuation in the harmonics quantum number ℓ of the partial wave, and show that the limit to the physical integer values commutes with the PM expansion of the observables. Finally, we obtain the contributions to the tree-level, point-particle, gravitational Compton amplitude in a covariant basis through O(aBH8), without the need to take the superextremal limit for Kerr spin. Published by the American Physical Society 2024
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