Testing scalar-tensor gravity with gravitational-wave observations of inspiralling compact binaries
Testing scalar-tensor gravity with gravitational-wave observations of inspiralling compact binaries
Observations of gravitational waves from inspiralling compact binaries using laser-interferometric detectors can provide accurate measures of parameters of the source. They can also constrain alternative gravitation theories. We analyse inspiralling compact %binaries in the context of the scalar-tensor theory of Jordan, Fierz, Brans and Dicke, focussing on the effect on …