Testing General Relativity with Gravitational Waves
Abstract
Gravitational-wave sources offer us unique testbeds for probing strong-field, dynamical and nonlinear aspects of gravity. In this chapter, we give a brief overview of the current status and future prospects of testing General Relativity with gravitational waves. In particular, we focus on three theory-agnostic tests (parameterized tests, inspiral-merger-ringdown consistency tests, and gravitational-wave propagation tests) and explain how one can apply such tests to example modified theories of gravity. We conclude by giving some open questions that need to be resolved to carry out more accurate tests of gravity with gravitational waves.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2011.02938,
title = {Testing General Relativity with Gravitational Waves},
author = {Zack Carson and Kent Yagi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02938},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
v1: Submitted as a chapter in "Handbook of Gravitational Wave Astronomy" (Eds. C. Bambi, S. Katsanevas and K. Kokkotas; Springer Singapore, 2021). The maximum number of allowed references is used; v2, v3: minor corrections to refs