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It is almost a century since Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves as one of the consequences of his general theory of relativity. A brief historical overview including Chandrasekhar’s contribution to the subject is first presented. The current status of the experimental search for gravitational waves and the attendant theoretical insights into the two-body problem in general relativity arising from computations of gravitational waves from binary black holes are then broadly reviewed.
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IYER, B.R. Gravitational waves from binary black holes. Pramana - J Phys 77, 119–133 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-011-0115-2
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