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Better early than never: Testing GR with GW Polarizations

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Abstract

In addition to the two polarization modes present in general relativity, some modified theories of gravity may contain up to four additional polarizations, which are allowed to travel at different speeds. Detecting these additional modes would be evidence of new physics, but disentangling these modes from those in general relativity requires more than two detectors. In this talk, we discuss a new observational signature of additional, superluminal polarizations that can be searched for with currently available detectors. We here describe this signature and how to search for it in current and future data.

Presenters

  • Kristen Schumacher

    University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Authors

  • Kristen Schumacher

    University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

  • Colm Talbot

    University of Chicago

  • Daniel Holz

    University of Chicago

  • Nicolas Yunes

    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign