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Chern-Simons Modification of General Relativity

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General relativity is extended by promoting the three-dimensional gravitational Chern-Simons term to four dimensions. This entails choosing an embedding coordinate v_\mu -- an external quantity, which we fix to be a non-vanishing constant in its time component. The theory is identical to one in which the embedding coordinate is itself a dynamical variable, rather than a fixed, external quantity. Consequently diffeomorphism symmetry breaking is hidden in the modified theory: the Schwarzschild metric is a solution; gravitational waves possess two polarizations, each traveling at the velocity of light; a conserved energy-momentum (pseudo-) tensor can be constructed. The modification is visible in the intensity of gravitational radiation: the two polarizations of a gravity wave carry intensities that are suppressed/enchanced by the extension.

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Scalar memory from compact binary coalescences

gr-qc · 2026-05-08 · conditional · novelty 7.0

In Ricci-coupled scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity, the change in scalar charge during binary black hole mergers generates a scalar memory contribution that modifies the total memory signal on observable timescales.

Families of regular spacetimes and energy conditions

gr-qc · 2026-05-05 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0 · 2 refs

A classification of admissible energy density profiles with bounded Kretschmann scalar yields a unified framework for regular static spherically symmetric spacetimes satisfying the weak energy condition, recovering known models and producing new families with hypergeometric and other closed forms.

How Much Can Gravitons Be Squeezed?

gr-qc · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Superradiant axion-like-particle clouds around rotating black holes can generate multimode squeezed graviton states with 10^6-10^7 correlated quanta showing polarization correlations and quantum-noise signatures potentially detectable by future interferometers.

$\alpha'$ corrections to self-dual gravitational instantons

hep-th · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

α' corrections leave the metric of self-dual instantons unmodified but correct the dilaton and axion fields via Gauss-Bonnet and Pontrjagin terms, with no net correction to the Euclidean action to first order.

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gr-qc · 2025-11-24 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

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Axion Inflation from Heavy-Fermion One-Loop Effects

hep-ph · 2026-04-15 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

One-loop integration of a heavy fermion with inflaton-dependent mass in axion inflation generates localized gauge-field production and a detectable chiral gravitational-wave signal in the deci-hertz range.

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gr-qc · 2024-06-19 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Fuzzy dark matter induces frequency-dependent amplitude birefringence in gravitational waves with periodic time modulation set by the scalar mass, but no velocity birefringence.

Transient Parity Violation during Inflation: Implications for PTA Gravitational Waves

astro-ph.CO · 2026-04-29 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

A transient parity-violating phase during inflation generates a robust blue-tilted (n_T ≃ 2) primordial gravitational wave spectrum at small scales with nearly maximal helicity coherence and linear polarization, offering a cosmological template for PTA data distinct from astrophysical sources.

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