Vol. 16 (2013) > lrr-2013-7

doi: 10.12942/lrr-2013-7
Living Rev. Relativity 16 (2013), 7

Testing General Relativity with Low-Frequency, Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors

1 Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK
2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
3 Center for Interdisclipinary Research and Exploration in Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
4 Gravitational Astrophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

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We review the tests of general relativity that will become possible with space-based gravitational-wave detectors operating in the ∼ 10^{-5} – 1 Hz low-frequency band. The fundamental aspects of gravitation that can be tested include the presence of additional gravitational fields other than the metric; the number and tensorial nature of gravitational-wave polarization states; the velocity of propagation of gravitational waves; the binding energy and gravitational-wave radiation of binaries, and therefore the time evolution of binary inspirals; the strength and shape of the waves emitted from binary mergers and ringdowns; the true nature of astrophysical black holes; and much more. The strength of this science alone calls for the swift implementation of a space-based detector; the remarkable richness of astrophysics, astronomy, and cosmology in the low-frequency gravitational-wave band make the case even stronger.

Keywords: gravitation, black holes, LISA, gravitational waves, eLISA, general relativity, data analysis

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ORIGINAL http://www.livingreviews.org/lrr-2013-7
Title Testing General Relativity with Low-Frequency, Space-Based Gravitational-Wave Detectors
Author Jonathan R. Gair / Michele Vallisneri / Shane L. Larson / John G. Baker
Date accepted 19 August 2013, published 12 September 2013
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