Biases in Ringdown Tests of General Relativity from Gravitational-Wave Microlensing

arXiv:2610.20201 · gr-qc, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-10-14 · Read on arXiv

gr-qc, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-10-14

Updated: 2026-10-14

Comments: 11 pages, 7 figures

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

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