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This letter is a generalization of previous results on gravitational waves (GWs) from f(R) theories of gravity. In some previous papers, particular f(R) theories have been linearized for the first time in the literature. Now, the process is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-23 Salvatore Capozziello , Christian Corda , Maria Felicia De Laurentis

These notes provide a student-friendly introduction to the theory of gravitational waves in full, non-linear general relativity (GR). We aim for a balance between physical intuition and mathematical rigor and cover topics such as the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-28 Fabio D'Ambrosio , Shaun D. B. Fell , Lavinia Heisenberg , David Maibach , Stefan Zentarra , Jann Zosso

The gravitational wave solutions obtained from a perturbation about conformally flat backgrounds in Einstein gravity are investigated. A perturbation theory analysis of the Lesame, Ellis and Dunsby results, based on a covariant approach,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-02-03 J. W. Moffat

In the weak field approximation the gravitational wave is approximated as a linear wave, which ignores the nonlinear effect. In this paper, we present an exact general solution of the cylindrical gravitational wave. The exact solution of…

General Physics · Physics 2020-06-12 Yu-Zhu Chen , Yu-Jie Chen , Shi-Lin Li , Wu-Sheng Dai

In general relativity (GR), linearized gravitational waves propagating in empty Minkowski spacetime along a fixed spatial direction have the property that the wave front is the Euclidean plane. Beyond the linear regime, exact plane waves in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-03-23 Donato Bini , Carmen Chicone , Bahram Mashhoon

We discuss polarization of gravitational radiation within the standard framework of linearized general relativity. The recent experimental discovery of gravitational waves provides the impetus to revisit the implications of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-22 Bahram Mashhoon , Sohrab Rahvar

Gravitational wave predicted by General Relativity is the transverse wave of spatial strain. Several gravitational waveform signals from binary black holes and from a binary neutron star system accompanied by electromagnetic counterparts…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-05-02 Kai Liao , Marek Biesiada , Xi-Long Fan

In these lectures general relativity is outlined as the classical field theory of gravity, emphasizing physical phenomena rather than mathematical formalism. Dynamical solutions representing traveling waves as well as stationary fields like…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 J. W. van Holten

The first generation of gravitational wave interferometric detectors has taken data at, or close to, their design sensitivity. This data has been searched for a broad range of gravitational wave signatures. An overview of gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-28 Stephen Fairhurst , Gianluca M Guidi , Patrice Hello , John T Whelan , Graham Woan

Gravitational-wave astronomy will soon become a new tool for observing the Universe. Detecting and interpreting gravitational waves will require deep theoretical insights into astronomical sources. The past three decades have seen…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-03 Alessandra Buonanno , B. S. Sathyaprakash

A summary is given of the current status and plans for gravitational-wave searches at all plausible wavelengths, from the size of the observable universe to a few kilometers. The anticipated scientific payoff from these searches is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-09-25 Kip S. Thorne

In this paper we explore generalizations of metric structures of the gravitational wave type to geometries containing an independent connection. The aim is simply to establish a new category of connections compatible, according to some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-08-26 Alejandro Jiménez-Cano

This chapter introduces gravitational wave cosmology, focusing on the use of gravitational waves as standard sirens to probe the expansion history of the Universe. It presents and explains the methodologies behind bright and dark siren…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-16 Grégoire Pierra , Simone Mastrogiovanni

We give a brief review on the recent development of gravitational waves in extra-dimensional theories of gravity. Studying extra-dimensional theories with gravitational waves provides a new way to constrain extra dimensions. After a flash…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-07-29 Hao Yu , Zi-Chao Lin , Yu-Xiao Liu

Recent advancements in gravitational wave astronomy hold the promise of a completely new way to explore our Universe. These lecture notes aim to provide a concise but self-contained introduction to key concepts of gravitational wave…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-16 Valerie Domcke

Gravitational radiation is an elusive form of radiation predicted by general relativity, it is the subject of intense theoretical and experimental research at the limit of the sensitivity of today's instrumentation. In spite of the fact…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Giorgio Fontana

Using an effective one body approach we describe in detail gravitational waves from classical three body problem on a non-rotating straight line and derive their basic physical characteristics. Special attention is paid to the irregular…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-09-16 Plamen P Fiziev

There is a broad class of astrophysical sources that produce detectable, transient, gravitational waves. Some searches for transient gravitational waves are tailored to known features of these sources. Other searches make few assumptions…

We discuss different ways that neutron stars can generate gravitational waves, describe recent improvements in modelling the relevant scenarios in the context of improving detector sensitivity, and show how observations are beginning to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-28 N. Andersson , V. Ferrari , D. I. Jones , K. D. Kokkotas , B. Krishnan , J. Read , L. Rezzolla , B. Zink

Gravity theories beyond general relativity (GR) can change the properties of gravitational waves: their polarizations, dispersion, speed, and, importantly, energy content are all heavily theory- dependent. All these corrections can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-20 Maximiliano Isi , Leo C. Stein