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Autori principali: Wang, Han, Shao, Lijing
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Wang, Han
Shao, Lijing
author_facet Wang, Han
Shao, Lijing
contents Dipole-radiation-like deviations from general relativity are most prominent during the early inspiral of compact binaries, making space-ground multiband observations a potential probe of such effects. In the same regime, orbital eccentricity can leave a significant imprint on the waveform and is therefore essential for robust dipole-radiation constraints. For the first time we present a multiband Bayesian inference pipeline for stellar-mass binary black holes that simultaneously incorporates eccentricity and a theory-agnostic dipole-radiation correction. We find strong degeneracies among the dipole parameter, chirp mass, and eccentricity, which substantially weaken the inferred dipole constraints when eccentricity is included. Even so, for a GW231123-like source, one year of TianQin or LISA observation with ground-informed priors from a next-generation detector network can still constrain the dipole parameter to $|b|\lesssim\mathcal{O}(10^{-7})$ under inference with noisy data. Our results show that multiband binary black hole observations provide a promising and distinct channel for testing theory-agnostic dipole radiation, while also highlighting the need for more complete waveform modeling in future precision tests of gravity.
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spellingShingle Constraining Dipole Radiation with Multiband Gravitational Waves from Eccentric Binary Black Holes
Wang, Han
Shao, Lijing
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Dipole-radiation-like deviations from general relativity are most prominent during the early inspiral of compact binaries, making space-ground multiband observations a potential probe of such effects. In the same regime, orbital eccentricity can leave a significant imprint on the waveform and is therefore essential for robust dipole-radiation constraints. For the first time we present a multiband Bayesian inference pipeline for stellar-mass binary black holes that simultaneously incorporates eccentricity and a theory-agnostic dipole-radiation correction. We find strong degeneracies among the dipole parameter, chirp mass, and eccentricity, which substantially weaken the inferred dipole constraints when eccentricity is included. Even so, for a GW231123-like source, one year of TianQin or LISA observation with ground-informed priors from a next-generation detector network can still constrain the dipole parameter to $|b|\lesssim\mathcal{O}(10^{-7})$ under inference with noisy data. Our results show that multiband binary black hole observations provide a promising and distinct channel for testing theory-agnostic dipole radiation, while also highlighting the need for more complete waveform modeling in future precision tests of gravity.
title Constraining Dipole Radiation with Multiband Gravitational Waves from Eccentric Binary Black Holes
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27734