1–5 Sept 2026
University of Sussex
Europe/London timezone

Renormalization Group Approach to the Gravitational Two-Body Problem

3 Sept 2026, 12:00
20m
Terrace Room (Bramber House)

Terrace Room

Bramber House

Speaker

Facundo Gutierrez (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)

Description

The increasing precision of gravitational-wave observations demands analytical frameworks capable of accurately describing the relativistic dynamics of compact binaries beyond standard perturbation theory. While post-Newtonian and post-Minkowskian expansions have been highly successful, their intrinsically perturbative nature limits their applicability in strongly relativistic regimes.

In this talk, I present a formulation of the classical gravitational two-body problem based on Exact Renormalization Group (ERG) techniques. We construct classical analogues of the Polchinski and Wetterich flow equations and clarify their relation to standard perturbative expansions. In particular, we show how the ERG flow systematically reproduces the post-Newtonian expansion.

We also explore non-perturbative approximation schemes within the ERG framework for the conservative dynamics of binary systems. These results suggest that ERG methods offer a promising intermediate approach between perturbation theory and numerical relativity, with potential applications to precision gravitational-wave modeling.

Affiliation Universidad de la Republica
Link to paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.27676
Career status Student

Author

Facundo Gutierrez (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)

Co-authors

Mr Alessandro Codello (Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) Mr Kevin Kalls (Universidad de la Republica)

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