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Signals for Lorentz violation in gravitational waves

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-06-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Lorentz violations in gravitational waves are investigated. Plane-wave solutions for arbitrary gauge-invariant violations in linearized gravity are constructed. Signatures of Lorentz violation include dispersion, birefringence, and anisotropies. Modifications to waves from coalescing compact binaries and to strain signals in gravitational-wave detectors are derived.

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@article{arxiv.1905.00409,
  title  = {Signals for Lorentz violation in gravitational waves},
  author = {Matthew Mewes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.00409},
  year   = {2019}
}

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14 pages

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