f(R) gravity constraints from gravitational waves

DOI10.1007/S10714-017-2262-3zbMATH Open1397.83109arXiv1603.09551OpenAlexW2410315294WikidataQ125890014 ScholiaQ125890014MaRDI QIDQ1787930FDOQ1787930

Authors: Jaakko Vainio, Iiro Vilja 

Publication date: 5 October 2018

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The recent LIGO observation sparked interest in the field of gravity wave signals. Besides the gravity wave observation the LIGO collaboration used the inspiraling black hole pair to constrain the graviton mass. Unlike general relativity, $f(R)$ theories have a characteristic non-zero mass graviton. We apply the constraint on the graviton mass to viable $f(R)$ models to find the effects on model parameters. We find it possible to constrain the parameter space with the gravity wave based observations. We make a case study for the popular Hu-Sawicki model and find a parameter bracket. The result generalizes to other $f(R)$ theories and can be used to contain the parameter space.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.09551

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zbMATH Keywords

\(f(R)\) gravitygravitational wavesHu-SawickiLIGO observationnon-zero mass graviton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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