Quantum gravity represents the frontier where the very large meets the very small, attempting to unify Einstein's theory of gravity with the strange rules of quantum mechanics. This field explores the fundamental fabric of spacetime, seeking to understand how the universe behaves at its most extreme scales, from the heart of black holes to the moment of the Big Bang. Because these concepts often involve complex mathematics, they can feel distant to non-specialists, yet they hold the key to a complete picture of physical reality.

At Gist.Science, we bridge this gap by processing every new preprint in this category directly from arXiv. Our team provides both plain-language explanations and detailed technical summaries for each paper, ensuring that groundbreaking research is accessible to everyone, from curious students to seasoned researchers. Below are the latest papers in quantum gravity, offering fresh insights into the nature of our cosmos.

⚛️ general relativity

A universal lower bound on the photon sphere radius in higher-dimensional black holes

This paper establishes a universal lower bound for the photon sphere radius in static, spherically symmetric, asymptotically flat black holes of arbitrary dimension n≥4n \ge 4 under specific energy and pressure conditions, proving that rγ≥(n−12)1/(n−3)rHr_\gamma \ge (\frac{n-1}{2})^{1/(n-3)}r_H and thereby generalizing Hod's four-dimensional theorem to higher dimensions.

Yong Song, Jiaqi Fu, Yiting Cen2026-02-25
⚛️ general relativity

Aharonov-Bohm Effect for Cooper Pairs in Kerr Spacetime: Gravitomagnetic Phase Shifts from Frame Dragging

This paper theoretically investigates the gravitomagnetic Aharonov-Bohm effect for Cooper pairs in Kerr spacetime, deriving a gauge-invariant phase shift induced by black hole frame-dragging that predicts enormous phase values near supermassive black holes like Sgr A* and M87*, thereby establishing a quantitative link between quantum coherence and strong-field gravity.

Erdem Sucu, İzzet Sakallı2026-02-25
⚛️ general relativity

Dyonic Kerr-Sen Black Hole's Resonant Scattering: Absorption and Superradiance

This paper analytically investigates scalar superradiant scattering in rotating dyonic Kerr-Sen black holes using the asymptotic matching method, revealing that while electric and magnetic charges suppress amplification compared to the Kerr limit, lighter co-rotating scalar fields enhance energy extraction efficiency within the derived superradiant condition.

S. Katewongveerachart, D. Senjaya2026-02-25
⚛️ high-energy experiments

Imprints of the Lorentz-symmetry breaking on the precessing jet nozzle of M87*

This paper utilizes the observed 11-year jet precession period of M87* to constrain the parameters of a rotating black hole in Bumblebee gravity, demonstrating how Lorentz-symmetry breaking affects spherical orbits and innermost stable spherical orbits, and suggesting that a warp radius exceeding 16 may indicate the presence of a non-vacuum Bumblebee vector field when combined with EHT shadow constraints.

Tao-Tao Sui, Xiang-Cheng Meng, Xin-Yang Wang2026-02-25
⚛️ general relativity

Bypassing the Lyth Bound with Entangled Gravitons: Primordial Signatures and Late-Time Noise

This paper proposes that quantum entanglement between primordial gravitons in decoupled gravitational sectors can parametrically enhance the tensor power spectrum, thereby evading the Lyth bound to allow for a detectable tensor-to-scalar ratio with sub-Planckian inflaton excursions while predicting unique observational signatures such as oscillatory power spectrum features and late-time gravitational wave noise.

Shingo Akama, Chunshan Lin2026-02-25
⚛️ general relativity

Gravitational wave radiation from periodic orbits in regular black holes

This paper investigates gravitational wave radiation from periodic orbits in regular black hole spacetimes, demonstrating distinct differences from singular Schwarzschild geometry through orbit characteristics, strain profiles, and power spectra to aid in developing detection templates for LISA while providing new analytical expressions for Schwarzschild radiation.

Rishav Agrawal, Anjan Kar, Soumya Jana, Sayan Kar2026-02-25
⚛️ general relativity

Resonant amplification of multimessenger emission in rotating stellar core collapse

This paper identifies a resonant amplification mechanism in rotating stellar core-collapse supernovae, where the coupling between proto-neutron star oscillations and inner core epicyclic frequencies significantly enhances gravitational wave and neutrino emissions, potentially making these events detectable by current and next-generation observatories to reveal the explosion mechanism.

Marco Cusinato, Martin Obergaulinger, Miguel-Ángel Aloy, José-Antonio Font2026-02-24
⚛️ general relativity

Effective field theory of coupled dark energy and dark matter

This paper formulates an effective field theory for coupled dark energy and dark matter by integrating vector-tensor and non-relativistic fluid sectors, deriving linear perturbation equations and stability conditions, and demonstrating that energy-momentum transfers can reduce the effective gravitational coupling of dark matter at low redshifts.

Katsuki Aoki, Jose Beltrán Jiménez, Masroor C. Pookkillath, Shinji Tsujikawa2026-02-24