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Quadrupole Formula for Gravitational Waves

Refines gravitational-wave theory and derives the quadrupole form for radiated energy.

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Quadrupole Formula for Gravitational Waves

1918 · Berlin · United States of America · Astronomy

Refines gravitational-wave theory and derives the quadrupole form for radiated energy.

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