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Constraining non-commutative space-time from GW150914

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-11-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

The gravitational wave signal GW150914, recently detected by LIGO and Virgo collaborations, is used to place a bound on the scale of quantum fuzziness of non-commutative space-time. We show that the leading non-commutative correction to the phase of the gravitational waves produced by a binary system appears at the 2nd order of the post- Newtonian expansion. This correction is proportional to Λ2θ0i2/(lPtP)2\Lambda^2 \equiv |\theta^{0i}|^2/(l_P t_P)^2, where θμν\theta^{\mu \nu} is the antisymmetric tensor of non-commutativity. To comply with GW150914 data, we find that Λ6\sqrt{\Lambda} \lesssim 6, namely less than one order of magnitude above the Planck scale. This is the most stringent bound on non-commutative scale, exceeding the previous constraints from particle physics processes by 15\sim 15 orders of magnitude.

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@article{arxiv.1607.03776,
  title  = {Constraining non-commutative space-time from GW150914},
  author = {Archil Kobakhidze and Cyril Lagger and Adrian Manning},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.03776},
  year   = {2016}
}

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18 pages

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