Published May 7, 2006
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Journal article
Testing post-Newtonian theory with gravitational wave observations
- 1. Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080 (India)
- 2. School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, 5, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3YB (United Kingdom)
Description
The Laser Interferometric Space Antenna (LISA) will observe supermassive black hole binary mergers with an amplitude signal-to-noise ratio of several thousand. We investigate the extent to which such observations afford high-precision tests of Einstein's gravity. We show that LISA provides a unique opportunity to probe the nonlinear structure of post-Newtonian theory both in the context of general relativity and its alternatives. (letter to the editor)
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/23/L37/cqg6_9_l01.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/23/L37/cqg6_9_l01.pdf;
- DOI
- 10.1088/0264-9381/23/9/L01;
- PII
- S0264-9381(06)17585-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 23
- Journal Issue
- 9
- Journal Page Range
- p. L37-L43
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 37063272
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; AMPLITUDES; ANTENNAS; BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGY; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; LASERS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; PROBES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TESTING
- Descriptors DEC
- DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FIELD THEORIES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RELATIVITY THEORY