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Space-based gravitational-wave observations as tools for testing general relativity
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Will, Clifford M. |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Description | We continued a project, to analyse the ways in which detection and study of gravitational waves could provide quantitative tests of general relativity, with particular emphasis on waves that would be detectable by space-based observatories, such as LISA. This work had three foci: 1) Tests of scalar-tensor theories of gravity that, could be done by analyzing gravitational waves from neutron stars inspiralling into massive black holes, as detectable by LISA; 2) Study of alternative theories of gravity in which the graviton could be massive, and of how gravitational-wave observations by space-based detectors, solar-system tests, and cosmological observations could constrain such theories; and 3) Study of gravitational-radiation back reaction of particles orbiting black holes in general relativity, with emphasis on the effects of spin. |
| File Size | 189511 |
| Page Count | 4 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050203652 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6q005d69 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2004-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Neutron Stars Particle Spin Spaceborne Astronomy Gravitational Waves Lisa Observatory Relativity Detection Monte Carlo Method Gravitons Black Holes Astronomy Interferometers Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
