Polarization-Based Tests of Gravity with the Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background

The direct observation of gravitational waves with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo offers novel opportunities to test general relativity in strong-field, highly dynamical regimes. One such opportunity is the measurement of gravitational-wave polarizations. While general relativity predicts only two...

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Main Authors: Thomas Callister, A. Sylvia Biscoveanu, Nelson Christensen, Maximiliano Isi, Andrew Matas, Olivier Minazzoli, Tania Regimbau, Mairi Sakellariadou, Jay Tasson, Eric Thrane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2017-12-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041058