3 papers
gr-qc2026
Quantum gravitational effects suppress the formation of trapped surfaces
Ram Brustein, A. J. M. Medved, Hagar Meir
Classical general relativity predicts that a contracting, spherically symmetric matter system with a large-enough mass will result in the formation of a trapped region whose outer…
gr-qc2026
Hierarchical constraints on gravitational waves from horizonless compact objects
Rajrupa Mondal, Julian Westerweck, Yotam Sherf +2
We use the data of several promising gravitational wave observations to obtain increasingly stringent bounds on near-horizon deviations of their sources from the Kerr geometry. A r…
gr-qc2025
Black hole mimickers: from theory to observation
Cosimo Bambi, Ramy Brustein, Vitor Cardoso +16
The black hole paradigm, while remarkably successful, raises fundamental questions-both classical and quantum-about the nature of spacetime, horizons, and singularities. Black hole…