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We derive the gravitational waveform and gravitational-wave energy flux generated by a binary star system of compact objects (neutron stars or black holes), accurate through second post-Newtonian order ($O[(v/c)^4] \sim O[(Gm/rc^2)^2]$)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Clifford M. Will , Alan G. Wiseman

We present a gravitational quantum dynamics theory that combines quantum field theory for particle dynamics in space-time with classical Einstein's general relativity in a non-Riemannian Finsler space. This approach is based on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-05 Ivano Tavernelli

The energy and momentum transported by exact plane gravitational-wave solutions of Einstein equations are computed using the teleparallel equivalent formulation of Einstein's theory. It is shown that these waves transport neither energy nor…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-04-30 Yuri N. Obukhov , J. G. Pereira , Guillermo F. Rubilar

By making use of the weak gravitational field approximation, we obtain a linearized solution of the gravitational vacuum field equation in an anisotropic spacetime. The plane-wave solution and dispersion relation of gravitational wave is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-04-03 Xin Li , Zhe Chang

Gravitational radiation with roughly spherical wavefronts, produced by roughly spherical black holes or other astrophysical objects, is described by an approximation scheme. The first quasi-spherical approximation, describing radiation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-07 Sean A. Hayward

Einstein's equations in matter are gravitational analogues of Maxwell's equations in matter, providing an effective classical description of gravitational fields. We derive Einstein's equations in matter for relativistic fluids, and use…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-29 Pavel Kovtun , Ashish Shukla

It is investigated the gravitational waves phenomena in the geometric scalar theory of gravity (GSG), a class of theories such that gravity is described by a single scalar field. The associated physical metric describing the spacetime is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-08-16 Júnior Diniz Toniato

We discuss the detectability of gravitational waves with a time dependent mass contribution, by means of the stochastic gravitational wave observations. Such a mass term typically arises in the cosmological solutions of massive gravity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-12-13 A. Emir Gumrukcuoglu , Sachiko Kuroyanagi , Chunshan Lin , Shinji Mukohyama , Norihiro Tanahashi

Gravitational waves are minute ripples in spacetime, first predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity in 1916. Gravitational waves from rapidly-rotating neutron stars, whose shape deviates from perfect axisymmetry, are a potential…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-21 Karl Wette , Reinhard Prix , David Keitel , Matthew Pitkin , Christoph Dreissigacker , John T. Whelan , Paola Leaci

Gravitational waves are being shown to derive directly from Newtonian dynamics for a continuous mass distribution, e g compressible fluids or equivalent. It is shown that the equations governing a continuous mass distribution, i e the…

General Physics · Physics 2024-05-20 Peter Vadasz

We study the gravitational waves in spacetimes of arbitrary dimension. They generalize the pp-waves and the Kundt waves, obtained earlier in four dimensions. Explicit solutions of the Einstein and Einstein-Maxwell equations are derived for…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Yuri N. Obukhov

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

In this paper, we discuss the gravitational waves in the context of gauge theory gravity with a negative cosmological constant. The gauge theory gravity is a gravity theory under gauge formulation in the language of geometric algebra. In…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-12 Jianfei Xu

We present a basics of the Einstein General Theory of Relativity. In the first part of this review we derive relations of Riemann geometry which are used in the General Relativity. In the second part we discuss Einstein Equations and some…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-10-23 S. M. Bilenky

Einstein's general theory of relativity is the standard theory of gravity, especially where the needs of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology and fundamental physics are concerned. As such, this theory is used for many practical purposes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-08-17 Slava G. Turyshev

A general bimetric theory of gravitation is described as a linear in the second approximation. This is allowed due to the small experimental significance of the higher order terms. Solar System tests are satisfied. The theory allows black…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 N. Ionescu-Pallas , M. I. Piso , S. Onofrei

For nearly a century, Einstein's theory of gravity has been the standard theory for describing gravitational phenomena in our universe. Along with its successes, limitations of the theory from theoretical (e.g., singularities) and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-08-10 Sourabh Nampalliwar

Gravitational radiation is locally defined where the wavefronts are roughly spherical. A local energy tensor is defined for the gravitational radiation. Including this energy tensor as a source in the truncated Einstein equations describes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 Sean A. Hayward

We present a general and unified formulation which can handle the classical evolution and quantum generation processes of the cosmological gravitational wave in a broad class of generalized gravity theories. Applications are made in several…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Hwang

We derive an asymptotic solution of the vacuum Einstein equations that describes the propagation and diffraction of a localized, large-amplitude, rapidly-varying gravitational wave. We compare and contrast the resulting theory of strongly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Giuseppe Ali , John K. Hunter