Can we detect quantum gravity with compact binary inspirals? [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1809.06275


Treating general relativity as an effective field theory, we compute the leading-order quantum corrections to the orbits and gravitational-wave emission of astrophysical compact binaries. These corrections are independent of the (unknown) nature of quantum gravity at high energies, and generate a phase shift and amplitude increase in the observed gravitational-wave signal. Unfortunately (but unsurprisingly), these corrections are undetectably small, even in the most optimistic observational scenarios.

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A. Jenkins, A. Pithis and M. Sakellariadou
Tue, 18 Sep 18
70/70

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