Gravitational waves (Q2520088)
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Gravitational waves (English)
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13 December 2016
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The scope of this paper is to describe the details of the first direct detection of gravitational waves in 2015. It is written in a popular style, and it includes the history of gravitational waves since 1915. The author shows how these waves can be understood by considering the linearized Einstein equation.
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gravitational waves
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direct detection
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linearized Einstein equation
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