Abstract
Treating general relativity as an effective field theory, we compute the leading-order quantum corrections to the orbits and gravitational-wave emission of astrophysical compact binaries. These corrections are independent of the (unknown) nature of quantum gravity at high energies, and generate a phase shift and amplitude increase in the observed gravitational-wave signal. Unfortunately (but unsurprisingly), these corrections are undetectably small, even in the most optimistic observational scenarios.
- Received 19 September 2018
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.104032
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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)
Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics