Probing Planckian Corrections at the Horizon Scale with LISA Binaries

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Probing Planckian Corrections at the Horizon Scale with LISA Binaries. / Maselli, Andrea; Pani, Paolo; Cardoso, Vitor; Abdelsalhin, Tiziano; Gualtieri, Leonardo; Ferrari, Valeria.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, No. 8, 081101, 23.02.2018.

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Maselli, A, Pani, P, Cardoso, V, Abdelsalhin, T, Gualtieri, L & Ferrari, V 2018, 'Probing Planckian Corrections at the Horizon Scale with LISA Binaries', Physical Review Letters, vol. 120, no. 8, 081101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.081101

APA

Maselli, A., Pani, P., Cardoso, V., Abdelsalhin, T., Gualtieri, L., & Ferrari, V. (2018). Probing Planckian Corrections at the Horizon Scale with LISA Binaries. Physical Review Letters, 120(8), [081101]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.081101

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Maselli A, Pani P, Cardoso V, Abdelsalhin T, Gualtieri L, Ferrari V. Probing Planckian Corrections at the Horizon Scale with LISA Binaries. Physical Review Letters. 2018 Feb 23;120(8). 081101. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.081101

Author

Maselli, Andrea ; Pani, Paolo ; Cardoso, Vitor ; Abdelsalhin, Tiziano ; Gualtieri, Leonardo ; Ferrari, Valeria. / Probing Planckian Corrections at the Horizon Scale with LISA Binaries. In: Physical Review Letters. 2018 ; Vol. 120, No. 8.

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