Gravitational waves (Q2739416)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1643903
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Gravitational waves
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1643903

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    9 September 2001
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    gravitational waves
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    geometry
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    plane waves
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    energy-loss
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    Petrov types
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    weak-field limit
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    higher dimension
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    particle creation
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    cosmology
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    Gravitational waves (English)
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    This is an overview about well-known facts on the geometry of gravitational waves. The presentation is pedagogically well-prepared. Topics are: plane waves, energy-loss due to gravitational waves, Petrov types, weak-field limit, waves in higher dimension, particle creation by gravitational waves, cosmology, and gravitational wave-optics.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0960.00032].
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