Testing Gravity with Gravitational Waves
PIRSA ID:
20110008
Série :
Cosmology & Gravitation
Event Type:
Seminar
Domaine(s) scientifique(s) :
Cosmology
Date de fin :
Speaker(s):
- Tessa Baker, Queen Mary - University of London (QMUL)
Gravitational waves (GWs) have already proved immensely powerful for constraining cosmological extensions of GR, both from data-driven and theoretical perspectives. However, GWs really come into their own when used in combination with complementary electromagnetic data. I’ll start by reviewing some of the bounds on extended gravity theories from GW detections to date. I'll introduce the formalism, the phenomenology, and the astrophysical pitfalls of these tests. Finally, we'll explore the impact of future experiments like LISA and accompanying galaxy surveys on the remaining parameter space of modified gravity theories.