G. Fanizza, E. Pavone, L. Tedesco
Abstract
We study the so-called Gravitational Wave luminosity distance-redshift relation dLGW(z) during cosmological eras driven by non-perfect fluids. In particular, we show that the presence of a shear viscosity in the energy momentum tensor turns out to be the most relevant effect. Within this scenario, a constant shear viscosity imprints the gravitational wave propagation through a friction term δ(z) with a uniquely given redshift dependence. This peculiar evolution predicts a specific shape for the ratio dLGW/dLEM which tends to a constant value when the sources are at z ≳ 1, whereas scales linearly with the shear viscosity at lower redshifts, regardless of the value of Ωm0. According to our final discussion, the predicted redshift dependence δ(z) provided by a shear viscosity could be tested by upcoming surveys of multi-messenger sources against analogous scenarios provided by some widely studied theories of modified gravity.
Keywords
gravitational waves / theory; Gravitational waves in GR and beyond: theory; Cosmological perturbation theory in GR and beyond; General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology; Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; High Energy Physics - Theory
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Volume 2022, Issue 8
2022 August
