Signal analysis of astrophysical sources of gravitational waves and identification of theories of gravitation

• Grant number: 06/07316-0
• Support type: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: May 01, 2007 - April 30, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics
• Principal Investigator: Nadja Simão Magalhães
• Grantee: Nadja Simão Magalhães
• Home Institution: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Diadema. Diadema , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The direct detection of gravitational waves will yield important consequences to Physics and Astrophysics. The SCHENBERG detector, built with FAPESP s financial support, is now in a testing phase. It is expected to be collecting scientific data in the next year. In principle, a detector such as SCHENBERG allows, among other results, the discrimination among different theories proposed to explain gravitation. Investigations are going on for several years on this subject and recently they have included theories with massive gravitons. This research project aims to develop a procedure that will allow the identification of the metric theory of gravitation from SCHENBERG s detected signal. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LENZI‚ C.H.; MAGALHÃES‚ N.S.; MARINHO JR‚ R.M.; COSTA‚ C.A.; ARAÚJO‚ H.A.B.; AGUIAR‚ O.D. Solution of the inverse problem in spherical gravitational wave detectors using a model with independent bars. Physical Review D, v. 78, n. 6, p. 062005, 2008.