# Bounding the mass of the graviton using gravitational wave observations of inspiralling compact binaries

@article{Will1998BoundingTM,
title={Bounding the mass of the graviton using gravitational wave observations of inspiralling compact binaries},
author={Clifford M. Will},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={1998},
volume={57},
pages={2061-2068}
}
• C. Will
• Published 4 September 1997
• Physics
• Physical Review D
If gravitation is propagated by a massive field, then the velocity of gravitational waves (gravitons) will depend upon their frequency as ${(v}_{g}{/c)}^{2}=1\ensuremath{-}(c/f{\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{g}{)}^{2}$, and the effective Newtonian potential will have a Yukawa form $\ensuremath{\propto}{r}^{\ensuremath{-}1}\mathrm{exp}(\ensuremath{-}r/{\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{g})$, where ${\ensuremath{\lambda}}_{g}{=h/m}_{g}c$ is the graviton Compton wavelength. In the case of inspiralling compact… Expand
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