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“纯矢量”引力波能模拟“纯张量”引力波吗?

Can a "pure vector" gravitational wave mimic a "pure tensor" one?

Bruce Allen

摘要:

在广义相对论中,引力波有两种可能的偏振,即横偏振和无迹偏振,螺旋度为$\pm 2$。一些替代理论包含额外的螺旋度$0$和螺旋度$\pm 1$偏振模式。在这里,我们考虑一个假设的“纯矢量”理论,其中引力波只有两种可能的偏振,螺旋度为$\pm 1$。我们表明,如果这些偏振被允许旋转的波传播,然后在天空中的某些源位置,三个理想的干涉引力波探测器的应变输出可以精确地再现应变输出预测的广义相对论。

英文摘要:

In the general theory of relativity, gravitational waves have two possible polarizations, which are transverse and traceless with helicity $\pm 2$. Some alternatives theories contain additional helicity $0$ and helicity $\pm 1$ polarization modes. Here, we consider a hypothetical "pure vector" theory in which gravitational waves have only two possible polarizations, with helicity $\pm 1$. We show that if these polarizations are allowed to rotate as the wave propagates, then for certain source locations on the sky, the strain outputs of three ideal interferometric gravitational wave detectors can exactly reproduce the strain outputs predicted by general relativity.

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