Hidden-Sector Spectroscopy with Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Stars
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2018-05-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We show that neutron star binaries can be ideal laboratories to probe hidden sectors with a long range force. In particular, it is possible for gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO and Virgo to resolve the correction of waveforms from ultralight dark gauge bosons coupled to neutron stars. We observe that the interaction of the hidden sector affects both the gravitational wave frequency and amplitude in a way that cannot be fitted by pure gravity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1711.02096,
title = {Hidden-Sector Spectroscopy with Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Stars},
author = {Djuna Croon and Ann E. Nelson and Chen Sun and Devin G. E. Walker and Zhong-Zhi Xianyu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.02096},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
7 pages, ApJL accepted version