Summary of Tests of General Relativity with GWTC-3 (2204.00662v1)

Abstract: Observations of gravitational waves (GWs) by the advanced LIGO--Virgo detectors provide us with ground breaking opportunities to test predictions of Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) in the strong field regime. In this article, we summarise the nine tests of GR performed on the new GW signals included in the third GW transient catalog, GWTC-3. These tests include overall and self-consistency checks of the signal with the data; tests of the GW generation, propagation and polarizations; and probes of the nature of the remnant object by testing the BH ringdown hypothesis and searching for post-merger echoes. The results from the new events are combined with those previously published wherever possible. We do not find any statistically significant deviation from GR and set the most stringent bounds yet on possible departures from theory.