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Gravitational Waves Astronomy: a cornerstone for gravitational theories

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Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions

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Realizing a gravitational wave (GW) astronomy in next years is a great challenge for the scientific community. By giving a significant amount of new information, GWs will be a cornerstone for a better understanding of gravitational physics. In this paper we re-discuss that the GW astronomy will permit to solve a captivating issue of gravitation. In fact, it will be the definitive test for Einstein’s general relativity (GR), or, alternatively, a strong endorsement for extended theories of gravity (ETG).

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    Christian Corda

  2. Institute for Basic Research, 1577, Palm Harbor, FL, 34682, USA

    Christian Corda

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  1. , Facultat de Ciències, Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (IEEC-CS, Barcelona, 08193, Spain

    Sergey D. Odintsov

  2. , Facultat de Ciències, Institut de Ciències de l'Espai ICE-CSIC, Barcelona, 08193, Spain

    Diego Sáez-Gómez

  3. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona, 08034, Spain

    Sebastian XambĂł-Descamps

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Corda, C. (2011). Gravitational Waves Astronomy: a cornerstone for gravitational theories. In: Odintsov, S., Sáez-Gómez, D., Xambó-Descamps, S. (eds) Cosmology, Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 137. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19760-4_13

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