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SUMMARY:GAnG Seminar: Suvendu Giri (Uppsala)
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Title: A "dictionary" to test GR with GW: from observations to theory=0D=0A=
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Abstract: GR, while one of the most successful and well-tested theories to date, is expected to receive corrections at high energies—through higher-curvature terms, additional degrees of freedom, or both. Given the vast landscape of possible extensions, how can we test them in a systematic way?=0D=0A=
I will present a general framework for interpreting deviations in gravitational wave data, focusing on the inspiral regime probed by LIGO. The key idea is that genuine beyond-GR effects exhibit characteristic mass scalings, determined by the curvature order and field content of the underlying theory. Using techniques from Post-Newtonian Effective Field Theory (PN-EFT), we construct a dictionary between such corrections and their imprint on the waveform. This allows broad classes of higher-curvature modifications to be identified or constrained directly from data, without relying on specific models. The talk will be based on arXiv:2507.17143.
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