Taiji resolving power for the transverse scalar mode of gravitational waves

We investigate how small a co-propagating transverse-scalar component can be resolved by Taiji in an already identified bright tensor chirp. Using a source-tracked tensor-null response, we formulate the problem in terms of the minimum resolvable scalar strain fraction and evaluate it over the sky. For a one-year benchmark chirp with tensor signal-to-noise ratio $ρ_T=1000$, we find that Taiji can rule out transverse-scalar strain fractions $ε_b\gtrsim0.532\%$ at the all-sky median level. The threshold scales as $ε_{b,\min}\proptoρ_T^{-1}$, so brighter tensor events can probe correspondingly smaller scalar fractions. We further find that this sub-percent resolving power remains predictable under small source-parameter mismatches through the associated tensor-leakage structure.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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2026-11-09
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https://doi.org/10.1103/546t-bcwz
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Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
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Taiji resolving power for the transverse scalar mode of gravitational waves

Bo-Xuan Ge, Zhoujian Cao
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Taiji resolving power for the transverse scalar mode of gravitational waves

Bo-Xuan Ge, Zhoujian Cao
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Abstract

We investigate how small a co-propagating transverse-scalar component can be resolved by Taiji in an already identified bright tensor chirp. Using a source-tracked tensor-null response, we formulate the problem in terms of the minimum resolvable scalar strain fraction and evaluate it over the sky. For a one-year benchmark chirp with tensor signal-to-noise ratio $ρ_T=1000$, we find that Taiji can rule out transverse-scalar strain fractions $ε_b\gtrsim0.532\%$ at the all-sky median level. The threshold scales as $ε_{b,\min}\proptoρ_T^{-1}$, so brighter tensor events can probe correspondingly smaller scalar fractions. We further find that this sub-percent resolving power remains predictable under small source-parameter mismatches through the associated tensor-leakage structure.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Research and Development Program of China
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
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