LIGO GW150914 and GW151226 Gravitational Wave Detection and Generalized Gravitation Theory (MOG)

Understand

The nature of gravitational waves in a generalized gravitation theory is investigated.

• The linearized field equations and the metric tensor quadrupole moment power and the decrease in radius of an inspiralling binary system of two compact objects are derived.
• The generalized Kerr metric describing a spinning black hole is determined by its mass $M$ and the spin parameter $a=cS/GM^2$.
• The LIGO-Virgo collaboration data is fitted with smaller binary black hole masses in agreement with the current electromagnetic, observed X-ray binary upper bound for a black hole mass, $M\lesssim 10M_\odot$.