Bose-Einstein Condensate Dark Matter in the Core of Neutron Stars: Implications for Gravitational-wave Observations

This study investigates neutron stars admixed with finite-temperature Bose-Einstein condensate dark matter, finding that even modest dark matter fractions reduce stellar mass, radius, and tidal deformability, thereby shifting theoretical predictions to better align with GW170817 observations depending on the underlying nuclear equation of state.

Samanwaya Mukherjee, P. S. Aswathi, Chiranjeeb Singha, Apratim GangulyFri, 13 Ma⚛️ gr-qc

Cosmic baryon census with fast radio bursts and gravitational waves

By unifying 104 localized fast radio bursts and 47 gravitational-wave events, this study presents an H0H_0-free measurement of the cosmic baryon density fraction (Ωb=0.0488±0.0064\Omega_{\rm b} = 0.0488 \pm 0.0064) that aligns with early-Universe observations and offers a robust late-Universe probe to address the H0H_0 tension and missing baryon problem.

Ji-Guo Zhang, Ji-Yu Song, Wan-Peng Sun, Ze-Wei Zhao, Jing-Fei Zhang, Xin ZhangFri, 13 Ma⚛️ hep-ph

Dark Matter Clumps as Sources of Gravitational-Wave Glitches in LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA data

This paper investigates whether small dark matter clumps passing near Earth could generate the gravitational-wave glitches observed in LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA data, finding that while most glitches are inconsistent with this hypothesis, the analysis establishes the first direct upper limits on the local over-density of such dark matter clumps.

Ezequiel Alvarez, Scott Perkins, Federico Ravanedo, Nicolas YunesFri, 13 Ma⚛️ gr-qc

Wormholes in Einstein-Dirac-Maxwell theory with identical spacetime asymptotics

This paper constructs complete families of regular, asymmetric wormhole solutions in Einstein-Dirac-Maxwell theory that connect two identical Minkowski spacetimes, demonstrating that their physical properties, including the possibility of negative ADM mass, are fully determined by the throat parameter, spinor frequency, and coupling constant.

Vladimir Dzhunushaliev, Vladimir Folomeev, Nurzada Beissen, Adilet NurmukhamedovFri, 13 Ma⚛️ gr-qc

Natural inflation in Palatini F(R)F(R)

This paper demonstrates that embedding natural inflation within Palatini F(R)F(R) gravity, specifically with the model F(R)=R+αRnF(R) = R + \alpha R^n where $7/4 \lesssim n \leq 2,restoresitsconsistencywithobservationaldata,whereasmodelswith, restores its consistency with observational data, whereas models with n > 2$ fail to provide comparable improvements.

N. Bostan, R. H. Dejrah, C. Dioguardi, A. RacioppiFri, 13 Ma⚛️ gr-qc

Resonances in binary extreme mass ratio inspirals

This paper investigates the resonant excitation of supermassive black hole modes by nearby stellar-mass binaries, revealing that the resulting energy flux peaks at frequencies slightly offset from the black hole's quasinormal modes—a shift that increases with orbital distance—and that rotating black holes exhibit more complex, less damped, and harder-to-interpret resonant responses.

João S. Santos, Vitor Cardoso, Alexandru Lupsasca, José Natário, Maarten van de MeentFri, 13 Ma⚛️ gr-qc

The reason peculiar velocities grow faster in general relativity than in Newtonian gravity

This paper demonstrates that peculiar velocities grow significantly faster in general relativity than in Newtonian gravity because relativistic theory accounts for the gravitational contribution of kinetic energy (peculiar flux), a factor absent in standard Newtonian treatments, thereby offering a potential explanation for observed large-scale bulk flows that challenge the Λ\LambdaCDM model.

Erick Pastén, Christos TsagasFri, 13 Ma⚛️ gr-qc

Scaling Laws for Template-Free Detection of Environmental Phase Modulation in Gravitational-Wave Signals

This paper demonstrates that environmental phase modulation in gravitational-wave signals, such as those caused by hierarchical triple motion, can be detected in a template-free manner using time-frequency trajectory statistics, with detection performance governed by a universal scaling law where the product of cumulative phase distortion and signal-to-noise ratio determines observability.

Jericho CainFri, 13 Ma⚛️ gr-qc