Constraints on scalar–tensor theory of gravity by the recent observational results on gravitational waves

Abstract The speed of gravitational waves provides us a new tool to test alternative theories of gravity. The constraint on the speed of gravitational waves from GW170817 and GRB170817A is used to test some classes of Horndeski theory. In particular, we consider the coupling of a scalar field to Ein...

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Main Authors: Yungui Gong, Eleftherios Papantonopoulos, Zhu Yi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-09-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6227-9