Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Feb 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980nyasa.336..307w&link_type=abstract
In: Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, 9th, Munich, West Germany, December 14-19, 1978, Proceedings. (A80-42502 18-90
Computer Science
Performance
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Cosmology, Experimentation, Gravitation Theory, Relativity, Gravitational Waves, Metric Space, Performance Tests, Pulsars, Radar Measurement, Solar System, Time Lag
Scientific paper
Experiments that test the foundations of gravitation theory in terms of the Einstein equivalence principle are discussed along with solar system tests of general relativity at the post-Newtonian level. These include classical (light-deflection, time delay and perihelion shift) tests as well as tests of the strong equivalence principle. The binary pulsar is discussed as an extra-solar-system gravitational testing ground, and attention is given to the multipolarity of the waves and the amount of radiation damping. The mass function, periastron shift, redshift-Doppler parameter and rate of change of the orbit period (Pb) of the binary pulsar are also considered, and it is suggested that the measurement of Pb represents the first observation of the effects of gravitational radiation.
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