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Forecasting constraints on the no-hair theorem from the stochastic gravitational wave background

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2024-07-01 v2

Abstract

Although the constraints on general relativity (GR) from each individual gravitational-wave (GW) event can be combined to form a cumulative estimate of the deviations from GR, the ever-increasing number of GW events used also leads to the ever-increasing computational cost during the parameter estimation. Therefore, in this paper, we will introduce the deviations from GR into GWs from all events in advance and then create a modified stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) to perform tests of GR. More precisely, we use the pSEOBNRv4HM_PA\mathtt{pSEOBNRv4HM\_PA} model to include the model-independent hairs and calculate the corresponding SGWB with a given merger rate. Then we turn to the Fisher information matrix to forecast the constraints on the no-hair theorem from SGWB at frequency 10[Hz]f103[Hz]10[{\rm Hz}]\lesssim f\lesssim10^3[{\rm Hz}] detected by the third-generation ground-based GW detectors, such as the Cosmic Explorer. We find that the forecasting constraints on hairs at 68%68\% confidence range are δω220=0±0.1296\delta\omega_{220}=0\pm0.1296 and δτ220=0±0.0678\delta\tau_{220}=0\pm0.0678 when the flat priors about the merger rate are added but δω220=0±0.0903\delta\omega_{220}=0\pm0.0903 and δτ220=0±0.0608\delta\tau_{220}=0\pm0.0608 when the non-flat priors about the merger rate are added.

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@article{arxiv.2311.17767,
  title  = {Forecasting constraints on the no-hair theorem from the stochastic gravitational wave background},
  author = {Chen Tan and Ke Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.17767},
  year   = {2024}
}

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12 pages, 8 figures