Prospects for axion searches with Advanced LIGO through binary mergers

被引：65

作者：

Huang, Junwu ^{[1
]}

Johnson, Matthew C. ^{[1
,2
]}

Sagunski, Laura ^{[1
,2
]}

Sakellariadou, Mairi ^{[3
]}

Zhang, Jun ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Perimeter Inst Theoret Phys, Waterloo, ON N2L 2Y5, Canada

[2] York Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada

[3] Univ London, Kings Coll London, Phys Dept, Theoret Particle Phys & Cosmol Grp, London WC2R 2LS, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2019年 / 99卷 / 06期

关键词：

GRAVITATIONAL-WAVES; CP CONSERVATION; TESTS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevD.99.063013

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

The observation of gravitational waves from a binary neutron star merger by LIGO/VIRGO and the associated electromagnetic counterpart provides a high precision test of orbital dynamics, and therefore a new and sensitive probe of extra forces and new radiative degrees of freedom (d.o.f.). Axions are one particularly well-motivated class of extensions to the Standard Model leading to new forces and sources of radiation, which we focus on in this paper. Using an effective field theory (EFT) approach, we calculate the first post-Newtonian corrections to the orbital dynamics, radiated power, and gravitational waveform for binary neutron star mergers in the presence of an axion. This result is applicable to many theories which add an extra massive scalar d.o.f. to general relativity. We then perform a detailed forecast of the potential for Advanced LIGO to constrain the free parameters of the EFT, and map these to the mass m(a) and decay constant f(a) of the axion. At design sensitivity, we find that Advanced LIGO can potentially exclude axions with m(a) less than or similar to 10(-11) eV and f(a) similar to (10(14) - 10(17)) GeV. There are a variety of complementary observational probes over this region of parameter space, including the orbital decay of binary pulsars, black hole superradiance, and laboratory searches. We comment on the synergies between these various observables.

引用

页数：18

共 77 条

[1] Properties of the Binary Black Hole Merger GW150914 [J].

Abbott, B. P. ;

Abbott, R. ;

Abbott, T. D. ;

Abernathy, M. R. ;

Acernese, F. ;

Ackley, K. ;

Adams, C. ;

Adams, T. ;

Addesso, P. ;

Adhikari, R. X. ;

Adya, V. B. ;

Affeldt, C. ;

Agathos, M. ;

Agatsuma, K. ;

Aggarwal, N. ;

Aguiar, O. D. ;

Aiello, L. ;

Ain, A. ;

Ajith, P. ;

Allen, B. ;

Allocca, A. ;

Altin, P. A. ;

Anderson, S. B. ;

Anderson, W. G. ;

Arai, K. ;

Araya, M. C. ;

Arceneaux, C. C. ;

Areeda, J. S. ;

Arnaud, N. ;

Arun, K. G. ;

Ascenzi, S. ;

Ashton, G. ;

Ast, M. ;

Aston, S. M. ;

Astone, P. ;

Aufmuth, P. ;

Aulbert, C. ;

Babak, S. ;

Bacon, P. ;

Bader, M. K. M. ;

Baker, P. T. ;

Baldaccini, F. ;

Ballardin, G. ;

Ballmer, S. W. ;

Barayoga, J. C. ;

Barclay, S. E. ;

Barish, B. C. ;

Barker, D. ;

Barone, F. ;

Barr, B. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2016, 116 (24)

[2] GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral [J].

Abbott, B. P. ;

Abbott, R. ;

Abbott, T. D. ;

Acernese, F. ;

Ackley, K. ;

Adams, C. ;

Adams, T. ;

Addesso, P. ;

Adhikari, R. X. ;

Adya, V. B. ;

Affeldt, C. ;

Afrough, M. ;

Agarwal, B. ;

Agathos, M. ;

Agatsuma, K. ;

Aggarwal, N. ;

Aguiar, O. D. ;

Aiello, L. ;

Ain, A. ;

Ajith, P. ;

Allen, B. ;

Allen, G. ;

Allocca, A. ;

Altin, P. A. ;

Amato, A. ;

Ananyeva, A. ;

Anderson, S. B. ;

Anderson, W. G. ;

Angelova, S. V. ;

Antier, S. ;

Appert, S. ;

Arai, K. ;

Araya, M. C. ;

Areeda, J. S. ;

Arnaud, N. ;

Arun, K. G. ;

Ascenzi, S. ;

Ashton, G. ;

Ast, M. ;

Aston, S. M. ;

Astone, P. ;

Atallah, D. V. ;

Aufmuth, P. ;

Aulbert, C. ;

AultONeal, K. ;

Austin, C. ;

Avila-Alvarez, A. ;

Babak, S. ;

Bacon, P. ;

Bader, M. K. M. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2017, 119 (16)

[3] GW150914: First results from the search for binary black hole coalescence with Advanced LIGO [J].

Abbott, B. P. ;

Abbott, R. ;

Abbott, T. D. ;

Abernathy, M. R. ;

Acernese, F. ;

Ackley, K. ;

Adams, C. ;

Adams, T. ;

Addesso, P. ;

Adhikari, R. X. ;

Adya, V. B. ;

Affeldt, C. ;

Agathos, M. ;

Agatsuma, K. ;

Aggarwal, N. ;

Aguiar, O. D. ;

Aiello, L. ;

Ain, A. ;

Ajith, P. ;

Allen, B. ;

Allocca, A. ;

Altin, P. A. ;

Anderson, S. B. ;

Anderson, W. G. ;

Arai, K. ;

Araya, M. C. ;

Arceneaux, C. C. ;

Areeda, J. S. ;

Arnaud, N. ;

Arun, K. G. ;

Ascenzi, S. ;

Ashton, G. ;

Ast, M. ;

Aston, S. M. ;

Astone, P. ;

Aufmuth, P. ;

Aulbert, C. ;

Babak, S. ;

Bacon, P. ;

Bader, M. K. M. ;

Baker, P. T. ;

Baldaccini, F. ;

Ballardin, G. ;

Ballmer, S. W. ;

Barayoga, J. C. ;

Barclay, S. E. ;

Barish, B. C. ;

Barker, D. ;

Barone, F. ;

Barr, B. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2016, 93 (12)

[4] Causality, analyticity and an IR obstruction to UV completion [J].

Adams, Allan ;

Arkani-Hamed, Nima ;

Dubovsky, Sergei ;

Nicolis, Alberto ;

Rattazzi, Riccardo .

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2006, (10)

[5] Tests of the gravitational inverse-square law [J].

Adelberger, EG ;

Heckel, BR ;

Nelson, AE .

ANNUAL REVIEW OF NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE SCIENCE, 2003, 53 :77-121

[6] Chiral representation of the πN scattering amplitude and the pion-nucleon sigma term [J].

Alarcon, J. M. ;

Camalich, J. Martin ;

Oller, J. A. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2012, 85 (05)

[7] FINDCHIRP: An algorithm for detection of gravitational waves from inspiraling compact binaries [J].

Allen, Bruce ;

Anderson, Warren G. ;

Brady, Patrick R. ;

Brown, Duncan A. ;

Creighton, Jolien D. E. .

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2012, 85 (12)

[8] Gravitational radiation from compact binary systems in the massive Brans-Dicke theory of gravity [J].

Alsing, Justin ;

Berti, Emanuele ;

Will, Clifford M. ;

Zaglauer, Helmut .

PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2012, 85 (06)

[9] Gravitational-Wave Constraints on the Neutron-Star-Matter Equation of State [J].

Annala, Eemeli ;

Gorda, Tyler ;

Kurkela, Aleksi ;

Vuorinen, Aleksi .

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2018, 120 (17)

[10]

[Anonymous], PHYS REV D

← 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 →