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C-Energy of Gravitational Waves

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965

Kip Stephen Thorne12 April 1965

Princeton · Science / Physics

Thorne develops a measurable energy description for cylindrical systems and shows that Einstein-Rosen gravitational waves transport this energy through spacetime.

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Kip Stephen Thorne

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