Search for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars in five globular clusters in the first part of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run

This paper reports the results of a directed search for continuous gravitational waves from unknown neutron stars in five Milky Way globular clusters using LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA data from the first eight months of the fourth observing run, finding no detections but setting the most sensitive upper limits to date across most of the explored parameter space.

Damon H. T. Cheung, Keith Riles, Rafel Amengual + 14 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

A loop quantization of the marginally bound Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi dust model

This paper presents a loop quantization of the marginally bound Lemaître-Tolman-Bondi dust model, demonstrating that the classical central singularity is resolved by a quantum bounce at Planckian densities, while also revealing that interference patterns in the wave function near the bounce limit the accuracy of effective loop quantum gravity theories compared to the full quantum dynamics.

Luca Cafaro, Farshid Soltani2026-03-06🔬 physics

Observational and Thermodynamic aspects of one-dimensional Dark Energy EoS parametrization models

This paper evaluates the observational viability and thermodynamic implications of Gong-Zhang dark energy parametrizations using late-time cosmological data, finding that the GZ-Type II model offers a competitive, physically transparent alternative to Λ\LambdaCDM with reduced parameter degeneracy and is further validated by configuration entropy analysis as a diagnostic of late-time cosmic acceleration.

Anirban Chatterjee, Yungui Gong2026-03-06🔬 physics

External magnetic field influence on massive binary black hole inspiral gravitational waves and its similarity with environmental effects

This study investigates how external magnetic fields around massive black holes imprint specific post-Newtonian corrections on gravitational waveforms during inspiral, demonstrating that while these magnetic effects are distinct from modified gravity theories, they are observationally degenerate with the gravitational influence of surrounding matter distributions.

Xulong Yuan, Xiangdong Zhang2026-03-06🔬 physics

Accretion Disk Perturbations and Their Effects on Kerr Black Hole Superradiance and Gravitational Atom Evolution

This paper demonstrates that accretion disk perturbations, modeled as a weak external tidal field, significantly alter Kerr black hole superradiance by inducing state mixing and energy shifts that can suppress, quench, or enhance gravitational atom growth, thereby critically impacting the detectability of ultralight bosons in realistic astrophysical environments.

Ruiheng Li, Zhong-hao Luo, Zehong Wang + 1 more2026-03-06🔬 physics

Reassessing the SIGW Interpretation of PTA Signal: The Role of Third-Order Gravitational Waves and Implications for the PBH Overproduction

This paper proposes that including third-order gravitational waves within the scalar-induced gravitational wave framework can enhance the spectral amplitude of the PTA signal, thereby alleviating the theoretical tension of primordial black hole overproduction while maintaining consistency with cosmological constraints and supermassive black hole binary backgrounds.

Zhi-Chao Zhao, Sai Wang, Qing-Hua Zhu + 1 more2026-03-06🔭 astro-ph

Gravitational back-reaction is magical

This paper investigates the relationship between non-local magic and entanglement in quantum many-body systems, establishing bounds on classical simulation hardness and conjecturing a linear scaling in conformal field theories, while proving that in holographic duals, non-local magic vanishes precisely when gravitational back-reaction is absent and is approximately equal to the rate of change of minimal surface area with respect to cosmic brane tension.

ChunJun Cao, Gong Cheng, Alioscia Hamma + 3 more2026-03-05⚛️ quant-ph

The cosmology of f(R,Lm)f(R, L_m) gravity: constraining the background and perturbed dynamics

This paper investigates the cosmological viability of a specific f(R,Lm)f(R, L_m) gravity model by constraining its parameters using MCMC simulations on combined observational Hubble, supernova, and large-scale structure datasets, ultimately comparing its ability to explain late-time accelerated expansion and cosmic structure growth against the standard Λ\LambdaCDM model.

Shambel Sahlu, Alnadhief H. A. Alfedeel, Amare Abebe2026-03-05🔭 astro-ph