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