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Gravitational Fields and Gravitational Waves

Version 1 : Received: 20 September 2021 / Approved: 22 September 2021 / Online: 22 September 2021 (11:45:29 CEST)
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Version 8 : Received: 31 December 2021 / Approved: 31 December 2021 / Online: 31 December 2021 (11:09:16 CET)
Version 9 : Received: 3 January 2022 / Approved: 4 January 2022 / Online: 4 January 2022 (11:10:13 CET)

How to cite: Yuan, T. Gravitational Fields and Gravitational Waves. Preprints 2021, 2021090379. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0379.v8 Yuan, T. Gravitational Fields and Gravitational Waves. Preprints 2021, 2021090379. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202109.0379.v8

Abstract

The relative velocity between objects with finite velocity affects the reaction between them. This effect is known as general Doppler effect. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) discovered gravitational waves and found their speed to be equal to the speed of light c. Gravitational waves are generated following a disturbance in the gravitational field; they affect the gravitational force on an object. Just as light waves are subject to the Doppler effect, so are gravitational waves. This article explores the following research questions concerning gravitational waves: What is the spatial distribution of gravitational waves? Can the speed of a gravitational wave represent the speed of the gravitational field (the speed of the action of the gravitational field upon the object)? What is the speed of the gravitational field? Do gravitational waves caused by the revolution of the Sun affect planetary precession? Can we modify Newton’s gravitational equation through the influence of gravitational waves?

Keywords

law of gravitation; Doppler effect; gravitational wave; gravitational field; LIGO; gravitational constant; precession of the planets

Subject

Physical Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics

Comments (1)

Comment 1
Received: 31 December 2021
Commenter: Tony Yuan
Commenter's Conflict of Interests: Author
Comment: Einstein thought Gravitation is warping of spacetime. everything moving with constant speed either it be light or anything else always follows geodesic. Then I want to ask a question: If the light is aimed at the center of the planet, what is the geodesic at this time? Will the light bend?
GR's warping of spacetime model is a 2D model, which is no longer valid in 3D. The Einstein-Infield-Hoffman equations is also doomed to be wrong.
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