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Original language | English |
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Article number | 497 |
Journal | Universe |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 12 |
Publication status | Published - 16 Dec 2021 |
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Keywords
- gravitational waves, compact binary systems, tests of General Relativity, Tests of General Relativity, Gravitational waves, Compact binary systems
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)
- General Physics and Astronomy
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In: Universe, Vol. 7, No. 12, 497, 16.12.2021.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing General Relativity with Gravitational Waves: An Overview
AU - Krishnendu, N. V.
AU - Ohme, Frank
N1 - Funding Information: Data Availability Statement: This research has made use of data, software and/or web tools obtained from the Gravitational Wave Open Science Center (https://www.gw-openscience.org/ accessed on 8 December 2021), a service of the LIGO Laboratory, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration. LIGO is funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Virgo is funded, through the European Gravitational Observatory (EGO), by the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Italian Istituto Nazionale della Fisica Nucleare (INFN) and the Dutch Nikhef, with contributions by institutions from Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Spain. The data presented in this study are openly available at https: //doi.org/10.7935/903s-gx73 accessed on 8 December 2021. Acknowledgments: This work was supported by the Max Planck Society’s Independent Research Group Grant. We thank Ajit Mehta for carefully reading this article and providing comments. We are thankful to Angela Borchers Pascual and Anuradha Gupta for very useful comments and discussions. This document has LIGO preprint number LIGO-P2100349.
PY - 2021/12/16
Y1 - 2021/12/16
N2 - The detections of gravitational-wave (GW) signals from compact binary coalescence by ground-based detectors have opened up the era of GW astronomy. These observations provide opportunities to test Einstein's general theory of relativity at the strong-field regime. Here we give a brief overview of the various GW-based tests of General Relativity (GR) performed by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration on the detected GW events to date. After providing details for the tests performed in four categories, we discuss the prospects for each test in the context of future GW detectors. The four categories of tests include the consistency tests, parametrized tests for GW generation and propagation, tests for the merger remnant properties, and GW polarization tests.
AB - The detections of gravitational-wave (GW) signals from compact binary coalescence by ground-based detectors have opened up the era of GW astronomy. These observations provide opportunities to test Einstein's general theory of relativity at the strong-field regime. Here we give a brief overview of the various GW-based tests of General Relativity (GR) performed by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration on the detected GW events to date. After providing details for the tests performed in four categories, we discuss the prospects for each test in the context of future GW detectors. The four categories of tests include the consistency tests, parametrized tests for GW generation and propagation, tests for the merger remnant properties, and GW polarization tests.
KW - gravitational waves
KW - compact binary systems
KW - tests of General Relativity
KW - Tests of General Relativity
KW - Gravitational waves
KW - Compact binary systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85121342887&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/universe7120497
DO - 10.3390/universe7120497
M3 - Review article
VL - 7
JO - Universe
JF - Universe
IS - 12
M1 - 497
ER -