Gravitational waves ᾿A new astronomical tool

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• 作者：Biman Nath
• 关键词：General theory of relativity ; gravitational waves
• 刊名：Resonance
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：21
• 期：3
• 页码：213-224
• 全文大小：10,313 KB
• 参考文献：[1]P Ajith and K G Arun, Gravitational-wave astronomy, Resonance, Oct 2011.
  [2]AD Jeffries, PR Saulson, R E Spero, R E Zucker, Gravitational wave observatories, Scientific American, June 1987.
  [3]J M Weisberg, J H Taylor, L A Fowler, Gravitational waves from an orbiting pulsar, Scientific American, October 1981.
  
• 作者单位：Biman Nath (1)
  
  1. Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bengaluru, 560 080, India
  
• 刊物主题：Science Education; Science, general;
• 出版者：Springer India
• ISSN：0973-712X

文摘

Gravitational waves have been detected in the centenary year of Einstein’s formulation of general theory of relativity that predicts these waves. It has been heralded as a landmark discovery, since it not only confirms various predictions of the theory, but also opens up a new window of observing the universe. I will discuss a few basic characteristics of gravitational waves in this article, and a few astrophysical implications.