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The study aims to establish a clear observability scope for claims related to modified-gravity ringdowns.

July 1, 2026Open Access

An Observability Scope Declaration for Modified-Gravity Ringdown Claims: Inherited Coupling, Detector Bounds, Nonlinear Simulations, and Referee-Operational Gates

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The study aims to establish a clear observability scope for claims related to modified-gravity ringdowns.
Introduced Milestone-0 inheritance requirements under standard metric matter coupling.
Formalized Milestone-0F for testing extra forces and their origins.
Provided mandatory reportable quantities and improved checklist for detector and simulation analyses.
Outlined mandatory reporting for gravitational wave analyses, ensuring precision in future claims.
Enhanced observability scope with a filled exemplar for practical application.
Updated release includes tightened guidelines and citation corrections for clarity in modified-gravity research.

Abstract

This release contains Manuscript 2 v0. 6: “An Observability Scope Declaration for Modified-Gravity Ringdown Claims: Inherited Coupling, Detector Bounds, Nonlinear Simulations, and Referee-Operational Gates. ” The manuscript proposes a referee-operational observability scope declaration for modified-gravity ringdown claims. It distinguishes missing foundations from inherited foundations, formalizes Milestone-0 inheritance requirements under standard metric matter coupling, introduces Milestone-0F for parameter-origin testing of proposed extra forces, and adds required reportable quantities for detector-facing and nonlinear-simulation ringdown analyses. The v0. 6 release is a targeted repair pass. It adds mandatory reportable quantities, one filled Observability Scope Declaration exemplar, the Milestone-0F Parameter-Origin Test for Extra Forces, tightened checklist rows, citation/source cleanup, and release-compilation verification. No quantum-closure material, dRGT/Fierz-Pauli material, or third case study is included. Files included: manuscript2ᵥ06final. tex- manuscript2ᵥ06final (2). pdf manuscript2ᵥ06final. sha256 manuscript2ᵥ06finalcompileᵣeport. txt manuscript2ᵥ06finalᵣeleasebundle. zip modified gravity; gravitational waves; black hole ringdown; quasinormal modes; scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity; quadratic gravity; LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA; observability rubric; detector inference; numerical relativity; hyperbolicity; strong-field gravity; REVTeX

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