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Testing post-Newtonian theory with gravitational wave observations

K. G. Arun, B. R. Iyer, M. S. S. Qusailah, B. S. Sathyaprakash

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0604018

Abstract

The Laser Interferometric Space Antenna (LISA) will observe supermassive black hole binary mergers with amplitude signal-to-noise ratio of several thousands. We investigate the extent to which such observations afford high-precision tests of Einstein's gravity. We show that LISA provides a unique opportunity to probe the non-linear structure of post-Newtonian theory both in the context of general relativity and its alternatives.

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