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Constraint on the mass of graviton with gravitational waves

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-11-28 v2

Abstract

We consider the effects of the mass of graviton on both the waveform of gravitational waves and the antenna response to gravitational waves. We find the effect on the response function is negligible for small mass. By using the Fisher matrix method, we make parameter estimations with space-based gravitational wave detectors for massive black hole binaries in massive gravity theory. The wavelength of massive graviton is constrained to be λg1017\lambda_g\gtrsim 10^{17} m and the mass is constrained to be mg1060m_g\lesssim 10^{-60} kg by one year's observation of massive black hole binaries with space-based gravitational wave detectors.

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@article{arxiv.2206.02140,
  title  = {Constraint on the mass of graviton with gravitational waves},
  author = {Qing Gao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.02140},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

23 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures. Minor changes to match the version published on SCPMA(SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy)