Tests of General Relativity with GW170817

LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.011102

Tests of General Relativity with GW170817

LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration

Applied Mathematics and Statistics

California Institute of Technology
Louisiana State University
University of Salerno
National Institute for Nuclear Physics
Monash University
National Science Foundation
Université Grenoble Alpes
University of Sannio
Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Leibniz University Hannover
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Cambridge
National Institute for Subatomic Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Gran Sasso Science Institute
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University of Pisa
University of Valencia
Australian National University
Institut de Physique des 2 Infinis de Lyon
University of Strathclyde
IN2P3/CNRS
California State University Fullerton
Université Paris Cité
European Gravitational Observatory
SPIC Science Foundation
University of Rome Tor Vergata
University of Hamburg
Cardiff University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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Abstract

The recent discovery by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo of a gravitational wave signal from a binary neutron star inspiral has enabled tests of general relativity (GR) with this new type of source. This source, for the first time, permits tests of strong-field dynamics of compact binaries in the presence of matter. In this Letter, we place constraints on the dipole radiation and possible deviations from GR in the post-Newtonian coefficients that govern the inspiral regime. Bounds on modified dispersion of gravitational waves are obtained; in combination with information from the observed electromagnetic counterpart we can also constrain effects due to large extra dimensions. Finally, the polarization content of the gravitational wave signal is studied. The results of all tests performed here show good agreement with GR.

Original language	English
Article number	011102
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	123
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.011102
State	Published - Jul 1 2019

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Tests of General Relativity with GW170817

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