Probing horizon scale quantum effects with Love

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Future gravitational wave detectors have been projected to be able to probe the nature of compact objects in great detail.

• In this work, we study the potential observability of the small length scale physics near black hole horizon with the tidal deformability of the compact objects in an inspiraling binary.
• We find that it is possible to probe them with extreme mass ratio inspirals.
• We discuss how the quantum effects can affect the gravitational wave observables.