Quantum Gravity Background in Next-Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

Authors :: Bub, Mathew W.
Chen, Yanbei
Du, Yufeng
Li, Dongjun
Zhang, Yiwen
Zurek, Kathryn M.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: We study the effects of geontropic vacuum fluctuations in quantum gravity on next-generation terrestrial gravitational wave detectors. If the VZ effect proposed in Ref. [1], as modeled in Refs. [2, 3], appears in the upcoming GQuEST experiment, we show that it will be a large background for astrophysical gravitational wave searches in observatories like Cosmic Explorer and the Einstein Telescope.<br />Comment: 19 pages, 9 figures