In this work, we study the implications of GW230529 on gravity theories and the charge of black holes. The GW230529, which was initially released in O4a, is most likely neutron star-black hole (NSBH) mergers. We reanalyze the data from the GW230529 event to obtain bounds on the Einstein-dilation-Gauss-Bonnet (EdGB) gravity parameter αEdGB and the electric charge of compact binary systems. The event places a 90% credible upper bounds on αEdGB of ≲0.298 km. After including high order corrections of EdGB gravity, the bounds improve to αEdGB≲0.260 km. Analyses of GW230529 also yield a 90% credible upper bounds on the combination of charge-to-mass ratio of the binary components ζ≲0.024. The constraints are more stringent than those derived from previously observed single gravitational wave merger event.
@article{arxiv.2405.13279,
title = {Constraints on Einstein-dilation-Gauss-Bonnet gravity and electric charge of compact binary systems from GW230529},
author = {Bo Gao and Shao-Peng Tang and Hai-Tian Wang and Jingzhi Yan and Yi-Zhong Fan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.13279},
year = {2024}
}