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We propose a method for separating and detecting the non-tensor modes of stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds (SGWBs) using networks of space-based gravitational-wave detectors. We consider four distinct data-reconstruction schemes for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-24 Bo Mu , Zong-Kuan Guo

Two polarization modes of gravitational wave are derived from the general relativity which are plus and cross modes. However, the alternative theories of gravity can yield the gravitational wave with up to six polarizations. Searching for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-17 Gang Wang , Wen-Biao Han

General Relativity predicts only two tensor polarization modes for gravitational waves while at most six possible polarization modes are allowed in general metric theory of gravity. The number of polarization modes is determined by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-08 Chao Zhang , Yungui Gong , Dicong Liang , Chunyu Zhang

The stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) is one of the main detection targets for future millihertz space-borne gravitational-wave observatories such as the \ac{LISA}, TianQin, and Taiji. For a single LISA-like detector, a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-10 Jun Cheng , En-Kun Li , Jianwei Mei

In a general metric theory of gravitation in four dimensions, six polarizations of a gravitational wave are allowed: two scalar and two vector modes, in addition to two tensor modes in general relativity. Such additional polarization modes…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Atsushi Nishizawa , Atsushi Taruya , Kazuhiro Hayama , Seiji Kawamura , Masa-aki Sakagami

Space-borne detectors, including TianQin and Laser Interferometry Space Antenna (LISA), are tasked with simultaneously observing the Galactic foreground, astrophysical and cosmological stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds (SGWBs). For…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-18 Zheng-Cheng Liang , Zhi-Yuan Li , En-Kun Li , Jian-dong Zhang , Yi-Ming Hu

Parity violating interactions in the early Universe can source a stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) with a net circular polarization. In this paper, we study possible ways to search for circular polarization of the SGWB with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 Valerie Domcke , Juan Garcia-Bellido , Marco Peloso , Mauro Pieroni , Angelo Ricciardone , Lorenzo Sorbo , Gianmassimo Tasinato

In a general metric theory of gravitation in four dimensions, six polarizations of a gravitational wave are allowed: two scalar and two vector modes, in addition to two tensor modes in general relativity. Such additional polarization modes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-09-23 Atsushi Nishizawa , Kazuhiro Hayama

In general relativity, a gravitational wave has two polarization modes (tensor mode), but it could have additional polarizations (scalar and vector modes) in the early stage of the universe, where the general relativity may not strictly…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-20 Atsushi Nishizawa , Atsushi Taruya , Seiji Kawamura

The detection of gravitational wave (GW) has opened a new window to test the theory of gravity in the strong field regime. In general relativity (GR), GW can only possess two tensor polarization modes, which are known as the $+$ and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-20 Ning Xie , Jian-dong Zhang , Shun-Jia Huang , Yi-Ming Hu , Jianwei Mei

With the recent strong developments of TianQin and Taiji, we now have an increasing chance to make a correlation analysis in the mHz band by operating them together with LISA. Assuming two LISA-like triangular detectors at general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-04 Naoki Seto

The theory of general relativity (GR) predicts the existence of gravitational waves (GWs) with two tensor modes, while alternative theories propose up to six polarization modes. In this study, we investigate constraints on GW polarization…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-28 Jie Wu , Jin Li

The detection of parity violation in the isotropic stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) will serve a crucial probe for new physics, particularly in parity-violating theories of gravity. The joint observations by the planned…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-04-28 Ju Chen , Chang Liu , Yun-Long Zhang , Gang Wang

Parity violation is a powerful observable to distinguish a cosmological background of Gravitational Waves (GWs) from an astrophysical one. Planar single GW interferometers, both on ground and in space, are unable to measure the net circular…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-02 Giorgio Orlando , Mauro Pieroni , Angelo Ricciardone

We investigate the capabilities of space-based gravitational-wave detector networks, specifically Taiji and LISA, to measure the anisotropies in stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB), which are characterized by the angular power…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-30 Zhi-Chao Zhao , Sai Wang

Future space-based gravitational-wave detectors such as TianQin, LISA, and Taiji are expected to conduct joint observations. Such a multi-detector network will provide complementary viewing angles for the anisotropic stochastic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-31 Zhi-Yuan Li , Zheng-Cheng Liang , Cong-mao Zhang , Jian-dong Zhang , Yi-Ming Hu

The vector and scalar polarization modes of gravitational waves do not exist in General Relativity, and their detection would have significant impacts on fundamental physics. In this paper, we explored the detectability of these anomalous…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-11-04 Hidetoshi Omiya , Naoki Seto

The direct observation of gravitational waves with Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo offers novel opportunities to test general relativity in strong-field, highly dynamical regimes. One such opportunity is the measurement of…

The direct observation of gravitational waves will provide a unique tool for probing the dynamical properties of highly compact astrophysical objects, mapping ultra-relativistic regions of space-time, and testing Einstein's general theory…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-17 Massimo Tinto , Márcio Eduardo da Silva Alves

In its observation band, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will simultaneously observe stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) signals of different origins; orbitally modulated waveforms from galactic white dwarf…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-18 Guillaume Boileau , Astrid Lamberts , Nelson Christensen , Neil J. Cornish , Renate Meyer
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