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From micro to macro and back: probing near-horizon quantum structures with gravitational waves

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Supermassive binaries detectable by the future space gravitational-wave interferometer LISA might allow to distinguish black holes from ultracompact horizonless objects, even when the latter are motivated by quantum-gravity considerations. We show that a measurement of very small tidal Love numbers at the level of $10\%$ accuracy (as achievable with "golden binaries") may also allow to distinguish between different models of these exotic compact objects, even when taking into account an intrinsic uncertainty in the object radius putatively due to quantum mechanics. We argue that there is no conceptual obstacle in performing these measurements, the main challenge remains the detectability of small tidal effects and an accurate waveform modelling. Our analysis uses only coordinate-independent quantities related to the proper radial distance and the total mass of the object.

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Hawking area law in quantum gravity

gr-qc · 2026-04-20 · conditional · novelty 5.0

If Hawking's area law is taken as exact, nonlocal and Stelle quantum-gravity theories are forced to drop R^2 and (Riemann)^2 terms (or use singular Ricci-flat black holes), and the standard entropy-area law follows as a consequence.

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