Black hole binaries in shift-symmetric Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity experience a slower merger phase

arXiv:2511.19073 · gr-qc, astro-ph.HE, hep-ph · Submitted 2025-11-24 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2025-11-24

Updated: 2026-09-25

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