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Constraining the quantum gravity polymer scale using LIGO data
Angel Garcia-Chung, Matthew F. Carney, James B. Mertens +3
We present the first empirical constraints on the polymer scale describing polymer quantized GWs propagating on a classical background. These constraints are determined from the po…
What do gravitational wave detectors say about polymer quantum effects?
Angel Garcia-Chung, Matthew F. Carney, James B. Mertens +3
We compute the expected response of detector arms of gravitational wave observatories to polymerized gravitational waves. The mathematical and theoretical features of these waves w…
Gravitational Waves from Fully General Relativistic Oscillon Preheating
Xiao-Xiao Kou, James B. Mertens, Chi Tian +1
As long-lived quasi-solitons from the fragmentation of a scalar condensate, oscillons may dominate the preheating era after inflation. During this period, stochastic gravitational…
A model of polymer gravitational waves: theory and some possible observational consequences
Angel Garcia-Chung, James B. Mertens, Saeed Rastgoo +2
We propose a polymer quantization scheme to derive the effective propagation of gravitational waves on a classical Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) spacetime. These waves…
Propagation of quantum gravity-modified gravitational waves on a classical FLRW spacetime
Angel Garcia-Chung, James B. Mertens, Saeed Rastgoo +2
The linearized Einstein field equations provide a low-energy wave equation for the propagation of gravitational fields which may originate from a high energy source. Motivated by l…
Cosmic expansion from spinning black holes
John T. Giblin, James B. Mertens, Glenn D. Starkman +1
We examine how cosmological expansion arises in a universe containing a lattice of spinning black holes. We study averaged expansion properties as a function of fundamental propert…