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Marshall University

2015

Gravitational waves

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Steps Towards A Nonlinear Cauchy-Characteristic Code Patching, Maria Babiuc-Hamilton May 2015

Steps Towards A Nonlinear Cauchy-Characteristic Code Patching, Maria Babiuc-Hamilton

Physics Faculty Research

Cauchy-characteristic extractions (CCE) avoids the errors due to extraction at finite worldtube. The Cauchy and the characteristic approaches have complementary strengths and weaknesses. Unification of the two methods is a promising way of combining the strengths of both formalisms.


Gravitational & Electromagnetic Waves On The Null Cone, Maria Babiuc-Hamilton Apr 2015

Gravitational & Electromagnetic Waves On The Null Cone, Maria Babiuc-Hamilton

Physics Faculty Research

Bondi (1962) proved mathematically the existence of gravitational waves at null infinity. He found an exact solution of Einstein equations. Within this metric, he calculated the loss of mass due to the emission of gravitational waves. The mas of a system is constant if and only if there is no news. If there is news, the mass decreases as long as there are news.