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Published December 7, 2012 | Version public
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Late inspiral and merger of binary black holes in scalar–tensor theories of gravity

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  • 1. ROR icon Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 2. ROR icon California Institute of Technology
  • 3. ROR icon University of San Carlos of Guatemala
  • 4. ROR icon Montana State University

Abstract

Gravitational wave observations will probe nonlinear gravitational interactions and thus enable strong tests of Einstein's theory of general relativity. We present a numerical relativity study of the late inspiral and merger of binary black holes in scalar–tensor theories of gravity. We consider binaries inside a scalar field bubble, including in some cases a potential. We demonstrate how an evolving scalar field is able to trigger detectable differences between gravitational waves in scalar–tensor gravity and the corresponding waves in general relativity.

Additional Information

© 2012 IOP Publishing Ltd. Received 13 June 2012, in final form 9 October 2012. Published 22 October 2012. We thank CliffWill for fruitful discussions.Work supported by NSF grants 0653443, 0855892, 0914553, 0941417, 0903973, 0955825, 1114374 and NASA grant NNX11AI49G, under sub-award 00001944. Computations at Teragrid TG-MCA08X009 and Georgia Tech FoRCE cluster. RH gratefully acknowledges support by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada.

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Identifiers

Eprint ID
36145
DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/29/23/232002
Resolver ID
CaltechAUTHORS:20130103-111718510

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10.1088/0264-9381/29/23/232002 (DOI)

Funding

NSF
0653443
NSF
0855892
NSF
0914553
NSF
0941417
NSF
0903973
NSF
0955825
NSF
1114374
NASA
NNX11AI49G
NASA
00001944
Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada

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2013-01-08
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2022-07-12
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