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Horndeski理论中引力波的极化

Polarizations of Gravitational Waves in Horndeski Theory

Shaoqi Hou, Yungui Gong, Yunqi Liu

摘要:

我们分析了Horndeski理论中引力波的偏振内容。除了爱因斯坦广义相对论中常见的正极化和交叉极化外,还有一种极化态是横向呼吸极化和纵向极化的混合,它是由有质量的标量场激发的。在无质量极限下,纵向极化消失,而呼吸极化继续存在。引力子质量的上限严重限制了纵向偏振的振幅,这使得在不久的将来地面或星载干涉仪极不可能检测到它。然而,脉冲星定时阵列可能能够探测到由大质量标量场激发的偏振。由于在引力理论中出现了额外的偏振态,因此测量引力波的偏振态可以用来探索引力的本质。除了正态和交叉态,呼吸极化的检测意味着引力是由无质量自旋2和自旋0场介导的,呼吸和纵向态的检测意味着引力是由无质量自旋2和大质量自旋0场传播的。

英文摘要:

We analyze the polarization content of gravitational waves in Horndeski theory. Besides the familiar plus and cross polarizations in Einstein's General Relativity, there is one more polarization state which is the mixture of the transverse breathing and longitudinal polarizations.The additional mode is excited by the massive scalar field. In the massless limit, the longitudinal polarization disappears, while the breathing one persists. The upper bound on the graviton mass severely constrains the amplitude of the longitudinal polarization, which makes its detection highly unlikely by the ground-based or space-borne interferometers in the near future. However, pulsar timing arrays might be able to detect the polarization excited by the massive scalar field. Since additional polarization states appear in alternative theories of gravity, the measurement of the polarizations of gravitational waves can be used to probe the nature of gravity. In addition to the plus and cross states, the detection of the breathing polarization means that gravitation is mediated by massless spin 2 and spin 0 fields, and the detection of both the breathing and longitudinal states means that gravitation is propagated by the massless spin 2 and massive spin 0 fields.

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