Interferometric detection of gravitational waves: the definitive test for general relativity

DOI10.1142/S0218271809015904zbMATH Open1183.83033arXiv0905.2502MaRDI QIDQ5306290FDOQ5306290

Authors: Christian Corda 

Publication date: 8 April 2010

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Even if Einstein's General Relativity achieved a great success and overcame lots of experimental tests, it also showed some shortcomings and flaws which today advise theorists to ask if it is the definitive theory of gravity. In this essay we show that, if advanced projects on the detection of Gravitational Waves (GWs) will improve their sensitivity, allowing to perform a GWs astronomy, accurate angular and frequency dependent response functions of interferometers for GWs arising from various Theories of Gravity, i.e. General Relativity and Extended Theories of Gravity, will be the definitive test for General Relativity. The papers which found this essay have been the world's most cited in the official Astroparticle Publication Review of ASPERA during the 2007 with 13 citations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.2502

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Observational and experimental questions in relativity and gravitational theory (83B05) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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