Extreme gravity tests with gravitational waves from compact binary coalescences: (I) inspiral–merger

2018/01/31 by Emanuele Berti, Kent Yagi, Nicolás Yunes · 243 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Binary number #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Context (archaeology) #Cosmology #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Differential geometry #Focus (optics) #Gravitation #Gravitational wave #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #astro-ph.HE #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10714-018-2362-8

published in General Relativity and Gravitation 50(4) (Springer Science+Business Media) · 46 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables. Review paper to appear in the General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG) Topical Collection "Testing the Kerr spacetime with gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations" (Guest Editor: Emanuele Berti). Added two figures and some references. Matches version published in GRG and selected as "Editor's Choice"

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Abstract

The observation of the inspiral and merger of compact binaries by the LIGO/Virgo collaboration ushered in a new era in the study of strong-field gravity. We review current and future tests of strong gravity and of the Kerr paradigm with gravitational-wave interferometers, both within a theory-agnostic framework (the parametrized post-Einsteinian formalism) and in the context of specific modified theories of gravity (scalar-tensor, Einstein-dilaton-Gauss-Bonnet, dynamical Chern-Simons, Lorentz-violating, and extra dimensional theories). In this contribution we focus on (i) the information carried by the inspiral radiation, and (ii) recent progress in numerical simulations of compact binary mergers in modified gravity.

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