Testing general relativity using gravitational waves from binary neutron stars: Effect of spins

TL;DR

This paper develops a Bayesian analysis pipeline to test general relativity with gravitational waves from binary neutron stars, focusing on how source spins affect the testing process.

Contribution

It introduces a Bayesian pipeline that incorporates spins in gravitational wave data analysis for testing general relativity.

Findings

Pipeline effectively accounts for spins in gravitational wave signals.

Inclusion of spins improves the accuracy of GR tests.

Method enhances the robustness of gravitational wave analysis.

Abstract

We present a Bayesian data analysis pipeline for testing GR using gravitational wave signals from coalescing compact binaries, and in particular binary neutron stars. In this study, we investigate its performance when sources with spins are taken into account.