Gravitational Waves and the Validity of General Relativity

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Apr 1998

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American Physical Society, APS/AAPT Joint April Meeting, April 18-21, 1998 Columbus, Ohio, abstract #M11.01

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The regular observation of gravitational radiation by a world-wide network of resonant and laser-interferometric detectors will usher in a new form of astronomy. At the same time, it will provide new and interesting tests of general relativity. We review the current empirical status of general relativity,(C. M. Will, in General Relativity: 46th Scottish Universities Summer School in Physics), eds. G. S. Hall and J. R. Pulham (IOP Publishing, Bristol, 1996), p. 239. and discuss three areas in which direct observation of gravitational radiation could test the theory further: polarization of the waves, speed of the waves, and back-reaction of the waves on the evolution of the source. We discuss the possibility of placing a stringent bound on the mass of the graviton using gravitational-wave observations of inspiralling compact binaries.(C. M. Will, Phys. Rev. D, in press; gr-qc 9709011)

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