Wave-optics gravitational wave lensing in modified gravity

arXiv:2605.21584 · gr-qc, astro-ph.CO, hep-th · Submitted 2026-05-20 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.CO, hep-th

Submitted: 2026-05-20

Updated: 2026-09-16

Comments: 22 pages, 4 figures

Journal ref: Phys. Rev. D 114, 064059, 2026

DOI: 10.1103/smzt-5v1s

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Velocity Dispersion — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Frequency Dependence — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Across the Universe: GW231123 as a magnified and diffracted black hole merger
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• GW231123: Overlapping Gravitational Wave Signals?
• The First Model-Independent Upper Bound on Micro-lensing Signature of the Highest Mass Binary Black Hole Event GW231123
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