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Testing local Lorentz invariance with gravitational waves

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-04-27 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The effects of local Lorentz violation on dispersion and birefringence of gravitational waves are investigated. The covariant dispersion relation for gravitational waves involving gauge-invariant Lorentz-violating operators of arbitrary mass dimension is constructed. The chirp signal from the gravitational-wave event GW150914 is used to place numerous first constraints on gravitational Lorentz violation.

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@article{arxiv.1602.04782,
  title  = {Testing local Lorentz invariance with gravitational waves},
  author = {Alan Kostelecky and Matthew Mewes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1602.04782},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages

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