Implications of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817 for Cosmological Scalar-Tensor Theories

Sakstein, Jeremy; Jain, Bhuvnesh

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Title: Implications of the Neutron Star Merger GW170817 for Cosmological Scalar-Tensor Theories

Journal Article · Mon Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.251303· OSTI ID:1413811

Sakstein, Jeremy; Jain, Bhuvnesh

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