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Limits on the Gravity Wave Background From Microlensed Quasars

Abstract

The paper previously submitted under this title is incorrect in that it drastically overestimates the cumulative deflection due to a gravitational wave (GW) background. Avi Loeb gives a simple argument that there can be no (Dω)1/2(D\omega)^{1/2} enhancement: since the problem is linear in hh, one can decompose the GWs into plane waves and for each of these there is no enhancement.Comment: This paper was incorrect in that it drastically overestimated the cumulative deflection due to a gravitational wave background. Withdraw

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