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Scattering of two Kerr Black Holes emitting gravitational waves can be captured by an effective theory of a massive higher-spin field interacting with the gravitational field. While other compact objects should activate a multitude of non-minimal interactions it is the black holes that should be captured by the simplest minimal interaction. Implementing massive higher-spin symmetry via a string-inspired BRST approach we construct an action that reproduces the correct cubic amplitude of Arkani-Hamed-Huang-Huang. The same is achieved for the root-Kerr theory, i.e. for the minimal electromagnetic interaction of a massive higher-spin field.
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We would like to thank Lucile Cangemi, Marco Chiodaroli, Henrik Johansson, Yasha Neiman, Alex Ochirov, Paolo Pichini, Dmitri Sorokin for useful discussions and comments. The work of E.S. was partially supported by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 101002551). The work of M.T. was supported by the Quantum Gravity Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST).
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Skvortsov, E., Tsulaia, M. Cubic action for spinning black holes from massive higher-spin gauge symmetry. J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 202 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2024)202
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