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Quantum gravity and BH-NS binaries

Michael J. Kavic

Department of Chemistry and Physics, State University of New York at Old Westbury, Old Westbury, New York 11568, USA

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Djordje Minic

Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

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John Simonetti

Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271818470077Cited by:2 (Source: Crossref)

This article is part of the issue:

SPECIAL ISSUE — Selected Essays from the Annual Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation 2018 and Invited Papers; Editor: D. V. Ahluwalia

Abstract

We argue that the Black Hole-Neutron Star (BH-NS) binaries are the natural astrophysical probes of quantum gravity in the context of the new era of multi-messenger astronomy. In particular, we discuss the observable effect of enhanced BH mass loss in a BH-NS binary, due to the presence of an additional length scale tied to the intrinsic noncommutativity of quantum spacetime in quantum gravity.

This essay received an Honorable Mention in the 2018 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.

In memory of Joe Polchinski

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PACS: 97.80.−d, 04.70.Dy, 97.60.Gb

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