Binary Pulsar
Taylor studies the binary pulsar whose orbital decay later confirms energy loss by gravitational waves
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Joseph Hooton Taylor Biography and Timeline
Follow Joseph Hooton Taylor through 4 dated historical records for United States of America.
Joseph Hooton Taylor, historical timeline
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1974
1978
Binary Pulsar Orbital Decay
Taylor and Joel Weisberg report that the orbit of PSR B1913+16 is shrinking at the rate expected when the binary loses energy through gravitational radiation.
1989
Binary Pulsar
Taylor reports precise orbital decay measurements matching general relativitys gravitational wave prediction
1993
Nobel Prize for Binary Pulsar
Taylor shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for work on the binary pulsar that enabled precise measurements consistent with orbital energy loss through gravitational waves.
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