Gravitational Radiation -- A New Window Onto the Universe

Kip S. Thorne (California Institute of Technology)

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Gravitational Radiation -- A New Window Onto the Universe

Kip S. Thorne (California Institute of Technology)

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Submitted 15 Apr 1997

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The authors' main claim The anticipated scientific payoff from these searches is described, including expectations for detailed studies of black holes and neutron stars, high-accuracy tests of general relativity, and hopes for the discovery of exotic new kinds of objects.

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CitationKip S. Thorne (California Institute of Technology). "Gravitational Radiation -- A New Window Onto the Universe." arXiv:gr-qc/9704042 (1997). https://pith.science/paper/TW3RY5PA

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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 described, including expectations for detailed studies of black holes and neutron stars, high-accuracy tests of general relativity, and hopes for the discovery of exotic new kinds of objects.

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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 described, including expectations for detailed studies of black holes and neutron stars, high-accuracy tests of general relativity, and hopes for the discovery of exotic new kinds of objects.

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These distant sources, including binary black hole or neutron star coalescences, asymmetric rapidly spinning neutron stars, and supernovae are expected to produce time-dependent strain $h(t)$ observable by the interferometer array [ref] .

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