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Measuring the propagation speed of gravitational waves with LISA

Tessa Baker, Gianluca Calcagni, Anson Chen, Matteo Fasiello, Lucas Lombriser, Katarina Martinovic, Mauro Pieroni, Mairi Sakellariadou, Gianmassimo Tasinato Orcid Logo, Daniele Bertacca, Ippocratis D. Saltas

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Volume: 2022, Issue: 08, Start page: 031

Swansea University Author: Gianmassimo Tasinato Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1088/1475-7516/2022/08/031

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The propagation speed of gravitational waves, cT, has been tightly constrained by the binary neutron star merger GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterpart, under the assumption of a frequency-independent cT. Drawing upon arguments from Effective Field Theory and quantum gravity, we discuss the po...

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Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
ISSN: 1475-7516
Published: IOP Publishing 2022
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60510
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Abstract: The propagation speed of gravitational waves, cT, has been tightly constrained by the binary neutron star merger GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterpart, under the assumption of a frequency-independent cT. Drawing upon arguments from Effective Field Theory and quantum gravity, we discuss the possibility that modifications of General Relativity allow for transient deviations of cT from the speed of light at frequencies well below the band of current ground-based detectors. We motivate two representative Ansätze for cT(f), and study their impact upon the gravitational waveforms of massive black hole binary mergers detectable by the LISA mission. We forecast the constraints on cT(f) obtainable from individual systems and a population of sources, from both inspiral and a full inspiral-merger-ringdown waveform. We show that LISA will enable us to place stringent independent bounds on departures from General Relativity in unexplored low-frequency regimes, even in the absence of an electromagnetic counterpart.
Keywords: Gravitational waves in GR and beyond: theory, modified gravity
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: None
Issue: 08
Start Page: 031

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