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The dispersion of gravitational waves

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A definition is given of a plane gravitational wave in a curved background space-time manifold. For a particular background metric, a dispersion relation for the waves is derived analogous to that satisfied by plane electromagnetic waves in a dilute plasma.

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  1. Physique Théorique, Institut Henri Poincaré, 11 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

    J. Madore

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Madore, J. The dispersion of gravitational waves. Commun.Math. Phys. 27, 291–302 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01645516

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