| Title |
Testing General Relativity with Low-Frequency, Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Living Reviews in Relativity, September 2013
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| DOI | 10.12942/lrr-2013-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jonathan R. Gair, Michele Vallisneri, Shane L. Larson, John G. Baker |
| Abstract |
We review the tests of general relativity that will become possible with space-based gravitational-wave detectors operating in the ∼ 10(-5) - 1 Hz low-frequency band. The fundamental aspects of gravitation that can be tested include the presence of additional gravitational fields other than the metric; the number and tensorial nature of gravitational-wave polarization states; the velocity of propagation of gravitational waves; the binding energy and gravitational-wave radiation of binaries, and therefore the time evolution of binary inspirals; the strength and shape of the waves emitted from binary mergers and ringdowns; the true nature of astrophysical black holes; and much more. The strength of this science alone calls for the swift implementation of a space-based detector; the remarkable richness of astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology in the low-frequency gravitational-wave band make the case even stronger. |
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| Germany | 1 | 33% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 4 | 5% |
| Germany | 4 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 88% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 33% |
| Researcher | 19 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 11 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Physics and Astronomy | 71 | 81% |
| Engineering | 2 | 2% |
| Mathematics | 2 | 2% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 12 | 14% |
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