PIRSA:21100022

From Coulomb to Kerr via the double copy - Donal O'Connell

O'Connell, D. (2021). From Coulomb to Kerr via the double copy - Donal O'Connell. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/21100022

O'Connell, Donal. From Coulomb to Kerr via the double copy - Donal O'Connell. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 13, 2021, https://pirsa.org/21100022 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:21100022,
            doi = {10.48660/21100022},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/21100022},
            author = {O{\textquoteright}Connell, Donal},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {From Coulomb to Kerr via the double copy - Donal O{\textquoteright}Connell},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2021},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:21100022 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Donal O'Connell

University of Edinburgh

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The double copy relates scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity. But interaction potentials (and spacetime metrics) can be extracted from amplitudes, and so the double copy leads to a relationship between classical solutions of gauge theory and gravity. In this talk I will describe this relationship, provide a perspective on the Schwarzschild metric as a “square” of the Coulomb charge, and take a look at the “square root” of the Kerr metric.