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arxiv 2009.01213 v1 pith:JD33BN2M submitted 2020-09-02 gr-qc astro-ph.COastro-ph.HEhep-phhep-th

Beyond the Standard Model Explanations of GW190521

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The LIGO/Virgo collaboration has recently announced the detection of a heavy binary black hole merger, with component masses that cannot be explained by standard stellar structure theory. In this letter we propose several explanations based on models of new physics, including new light particle losses, modified gravity, large extra dimensions, and a small magnetic moment of the neutrino. Each of these affect the physics of the pair-instability differently, leading to novel mechanisms for forming black holes inside the black hole mass gap.

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