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Lower bound on the propagation speed of gravity from gravitational Cherenkov radiation

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Moore, Guy D, Nelson, Ann E·2001·Journal of High Energy Physics

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  • The bound on the speed of GW from GW170817/GRB170817A is consistent with the bound from gravitational Cherenkov radiation, which constrains GW speed to not exceed the speed of light.

    “Incidentally, the bound in (327) is consistent with the bound derived in Moore and Nelson (2001) and Kimura and Yamamoto (2012) from gravitational Cherenkov radiation which constrains GW speed to not exceed the speed of light, assuming a galactic origin for the high energy cosmic rays.”

    From Testing general relativity in cosmology (2019) · cites this paper as Moore and Nelson (2001)

    The Introduction says gravitational Cherenkov radiation places a strong lower bound on gravitational-wave speed, not a bound requiring it to stay below light speed. The discussion following equation (4.2) explicitly says Cherenkov radiation is impossible when gravity travels faster than light. The paper therefore does not derive the upper bound attributed to it; it does not address the later GW170817/GRB170817A result. (LLM, conf=0.91)

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  • The corresponding constraint from the observation of high energy cosmic rays is cp − 1 ≤ 2 × 10−15.

    “The corresponding constraint from the observation of high energy cosmic rays is cp − 1 ≤ 2 × 10−15.”

    From Modern Tests of Lorentz Invariance (2005) · cites this paper as [224]

  • High energy particles travelling faster than the speed of graviton modes will emit graviton Čerenkov radiation.

    “High energy particles travelling faster than the speed of graviton modes will emit graviton Čerenkov radiation.”

    From Modern Tests of Lorentz Invariance (2005) · cites this paper as [224]

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Authors
Moore, G. D., & Nelson, A. E.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Venue
Journal of High Energy Physics
Published
2001-09-14
Volume
2001
Issue
09
Pages
023-023
ISSN
1029-8479 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1980197196
Cited by
208
References
36
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FWCI
4.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Journal of High Energy Physics (publishedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
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  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
Keywords
Lorentz violation, preferred frame, peak velocity, cosmic rays, extragalactic cosmic rays, galactic cosmic rays

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