Scalar Stochastic Gravitational-Wave Background in Brans-Dicke Theory of Gravity

Abstract

We study the scalar stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) from astrophysical sources, including compact binary mergers and stellar collapses, in the Bras-Dicke theory of gravity. By contrast to tensor waves, we found the scalar SGWB to predominantly arise from stellar collapses. These collapses not only take place at higher astrophysical rates, but emit more energy. This is because, unlike tensor radiation, which mainly starts from quadrupole order, the scalar perturbation can be excited by changes in the monopole moment. In particular, in the case of stellar collapse into a neutron star or a black hole, the monopole radiation, at frequencies below 100\,Hz, is dominated by the memory effect. At low frequencies, the scalar SGWB spectrum follows a power law of ${\Omega }_{\text{S}}\propto f^{\alpha }$, with $\alpha =1$. We predict that ${\Omega }_{\text{S}}$ is inversely proportional to the square of ${\omega }_{\mathrm{BD}}+2$, with $({\omega }_{\mathrm{BD}}+2{)}^2{\Omega }_S(f=25\mathrm{Hz})=2.8\times 10^{-6}$. We also estimate the detectability of the scalar SGWB for current and third-generation detector networks, and the bound on ${\omega }_{\mathrm{BD}}$ that can be imposed from these observations.

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