Probing the f(R) formalism through gravitational wave polarizations

被引：67

作者：

Alves, M. E. S. ^{[1
]}

Miranda, O. D. ^{[1
]}

de Araujo, J. C. N. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE, Div Astrofis, BR-12227010 Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS B | 2009年 / 679卷 / 04期

基金：

巴西圣保罗研究基金会;

关键词：

Gravitational wave polarizations; Modified theories of gravity; GRAVITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.physletb.2009.08.005

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The direct observation of gravitational waves (GW) in the near future, and the corresponding determination of the number of independent polarizations, is a powerful tool to test general relativity and alternative theories of gravity. In the present work we use the Newman-Penrose formalism to characterize GWs in quadratic gravity and in a particular class of f(R) Lagrangians. We find that both quadratic gravity and the f(R) theory belong to the most general invariant class of GWs, i.e., they can present tip to six independent polarizations of GWs. For a particular combination of the parameters, we find that quadratic gravity can present up to five polarizations states. On the other hand, if we use the Palatini approach for f(R) theories, GWs present only the usual two transverse-traceless polarizations such as in general relativity. Thus, we conclude that the observation of GWs can strongly constrain the suitable formalism for these theories. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：401 / 406

页数：6

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