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Detecting properties of echoes from the inspiraling stage with ground-based detectors

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The nature of black holes is one of the most exciting issues in gravitational physics. If there is an exotic compact object as compact as a black hole but without a horizon, gravitational wave echoes may be produced after the merger. In this work, we show that for extreme-mass-ratio binaries, even during the inspiraling phase of compact binary coalescence, the existence of the hard surface of the exotic compact object will produce detectable signals on the gravitational waves. We predict that once the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA, Einstein Telescope, or Cosmic Explorer detect such kinds of sources, our model shows that one can constrain the properties of surfaces of the compact objects in inspiraling stage better than the current level.

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Acknowledgements

This work is supported by The National Key R &D Program of China (No. 2021YFC2203002), NSFC No. 11773059 and No. 12173071, and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the CAS under Grants No. XDA15021102. W. H. is supported by CAS Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research YSBR-006. We thank Yanbei Chen, Shuo Xin, and Ling Sun for very useful discussions.

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  1. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200030, China

    Xing-Yu Zhong, Wen-Biao Han, Ye Jiang, Ping Shen, Shu-Cheng Yang & Chen Zhang

  2. School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xing-Yu Zhong & Wen-Biao Han

  3. School of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou, 310024, China

    Wen-Biao Han

  4. Taiji Laboratory for Gravitational Wave Universe (Beijing/Hangzhou), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Wen-Biao Han

  5. OzGrav-ANU, Centre for Gravitational Astrophysics, College of Science, The Australian National University, ACT, 2601, Australia

    Xing-Yu Zhong

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Zhong, XY., Han, WB., Jiang, Y. et al. Detecting properties of echoes from the inspiraling stage with ground-based detectors. Eur. Phys. J. Plus 138, 761 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04398-z

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