P. Marquard, Zeuthen

Title: “Binary black hole systems in a non-relativistic effective theory”

In the advent of gravitational wave astronomy, precise and flexible theoretical descriptions will be instrumental to analyse the characteristics of compact binary systems. I review recent progress in the calculation of non-relativistic corrections in the framework of an effective field theory, based on techniques adopted from particle physics. In particular, I present recently obtained results for the genuine 5-loop corrections.