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EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 168, 2018
Joint International Conference of ICGAC-XIII and IK-15 on Gravitation, Astrophysics and Cosmology
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| Article Number | 01003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 11 | |
| Section | Plenary Talks | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201816801003 | |
| Published online | 09 January 2018 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201816801003
Gravitational Wave Polarizations in f (R) Gravity and Scalar-Tensor Theory
School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
* e-mail: yggong@hust.edu.cn
** e-mail: shou1397@hust.edu.cn
Published online: 9 January 2018
The detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory opens a new era to use gravitational waves to test alternative theories of gravity. We investigate the polarizations of gravitational waves in f (R) gravity and Horndeski theory, both containing scalar modes. These theories predict that in addition to the familiar + and × polarizations, there are transverse breathing and longitudinal polarizations excited by the massive scalar mode and the new polarization is a single mixed state. It would be very difficult to detect the longitudinal polarization by interferometers, while pulsar timing array may be the better tool to detect the longitudinal polarization.
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