Is GW151226 really a gravitational wave signal

Recently, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration published the second observation of a gravitational wave, GW151226 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241103（2016）], from a binary black hole coalescence with initial masses about 14 M and 8 M. They claimed that the peak gravitational strain wa...

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Published in:Chinese physics C 2017-02, Vol.41 (2), p.132-135, Article 025001
Main Author: 常哲 黄超光 赵志超
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Language:English
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信号
停留
光子
引力波
波传播
相位差
科学合作
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Summary:Recently, the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and Virgo Collaboration published the second observation of a gravitational wave, GW151226 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 241103（2016）], from a binary black hole coalescence with initial masses about 14 M and 8 M. They claimed that the peak gravitational strain was reached at about 450 Hz, the inverse of which is longer than the average time a photon stays in the Fabry-Perot cavities in the two arms.In this case, the phase-difference of a photon in the two arms due to the propagation of a gravitational wave does not always increase as the photon stays in the cavities. It might even be cancelled to zero in extreme cases. When the propagation effect is taken into account, we find that the claimed signal GW151226 almost disappears.
ISSN:1674-1137
0254-3052
DOI:10.1088/1674-1137/41/2/025001