Testing local Lorentz invariance with gravitational waves

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DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2016.04.040zbMATH Open1360.83017arXiv1602.04782OpenAlexW2277830500MaRDI QIDQ526216FDOQ526216

V. Alan Kostelecký, Matthew Mewes

Publication date: 10 May 2017

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

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.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.04782





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