Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1
California Institute of Technology · Louisiana State University · +163 more institutions
Abstract
The detection of gravitational waves by Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo provides an opportunity to test general relativity in a regime that is inaccessible to traditional astronomical observations and laboratory tests. We present four tests of the consistency of the data with binary black hole gravitational waveforms predicted by general relativity. One test subtracts the best-fit waveform from the data and checks the consistency of the residual with detector noise. The second test checks the consistency of the low- and high-frequency parts of the observed signals. The third test checks that phenomenological deviations introduced in the waveform model (including in the post-Newtonian coefficients) are…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 65.79
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 156
Authors
1143Topics & keywords
- LIGO
- Physics
- Gravitational wave
- General relativity
- Binary black hole
- Tests of general relativity
- Consistency (knowledge bases)
- Graviton
Funding
- NSNational Science Foundation
- KFKavli Foundation
- RCResearch Corporation for Science Advancement
- UOUniversity of Pennsylvania
- CICanadian Institute for Advanced Research
- IDInstitut des Origines de Lyon
- OMOntario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
- LTLeverhulme Trust
- RSRoyal Society
- SFScottish Funding Council
- SUScottish Universities Physics AllianceAward: GEO600
- ECEuropean Commission
- NRNational Research Foundation
- DODepartment of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- COCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- ASAbdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- SNSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- NNNational Natural Science Foundation of China
- RFRussian Foundation for Basic Research
- RGResearch Grants Council, University Grants Committee
- ICIndustry Canada
- NONederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- GVGeneralitat Valenciana
- HSHungarian Scientific Research Fund
- NRNational Research Foundation of Korea
- CRConseil Régional, Île-de-France
- MMax-Planck-Gesellschaft
- NCNarodowe Centrum Nauki
- MOMinistry of Education, India
- MOMinistry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- CNCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- RSRussian Science Foundation
- MDMinistero dello Sviluppo Economico
- NKNemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal
- INIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- ISICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research
- GDGovern de les Illes Balears
- NSNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- SAScience and Technology Facilities CouncilAwards: ST/K005014/1, ST/I006269/1, ST/H002006/1, ST/S000550/1, ST/N005406/2, ST/N005406/1, 1947165, Gravitational Waves, 2142081, ST/N000633/1, ST/N00003X/1, ST/K005014/2, 1947199, 1653089, ST/K000845/1, 1802888, ST/N005422/1, 1802894, ST/T000147/1, ST/J00166X/1, ST/N000072/1, ST/R00045X/1, 1938553, ST/V001396/1, ST/N005430/1, 1945971
- ARAustralian Research Council
- SAScience and Engineering Research Board
- INInstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
- EREuropean Regional Development Fund
- AEAgencia Estatal de Investigación
- CDConselleria d'Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport
- NRNational Research, Development and Innovation Office
- DODivision of Human Resource Development