Effective speed of gravitational waves
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| author | Romano, Antonio Enea |
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| contents | We derive an effective equation and action for the propagation of gravitational waves (GW), encoding the effects of interaction and self-interaction in a time, frequency and polarization dependent effective speed. In terms of an appropriately defined effective metric, the effective action takes the form a massless Klein-Gordon action.
This effective approach predicts that for theories with matter coupled to the Einstein frame metric the ratio between gravitational and electromagnetic (EM) luminosity distance depends on the effective speed, while for Jordan frame matter coupling it depends on the effective Planck mass. We discuss how the frequency and polarization dependence of the GW-EM distance ratio provides a new test of general relativity and its modifications, and more in general of the interaction of GWs with other fields. |
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| spellingShingle | Effective speed of gravitational waves Romano, Antonio Enea General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory We derive an effective equation and action for the propagation of gravitational waves (GW), encoding the effects of interaction and self-interaction in a time, frequency and polarization dependent effective speed. In terms of an appropriately defined effective metric, the effective action takes the form a massless Klein-Gordon action. This effective approach predicts that for theories with matter coupled to the Einstein frame metric the ratio between gravitational and electromagnetic (EM) luminosity distance depends on the effective speed, while for Jordan frame matter coupling it depends on the effective Planck mass. We discuss how the frequency and polarization dependence of the GW-EM distance ratio provides a new test of general relativity and its modifications, and more in general of the interaction of GWs with other fields. |
| title | Effective speed of gravitational waves |
| topic | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.05760 |