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<strong>Northeastern</strong>IllinoisUniversityGravitational WavesSpecial<strong>Relativity</strong><strong>General</strong><strong>Relativity</strong>MilestonesPrinciple ofEquivalence<strong>General</strong><strong>Relativity</strong>PositiveCurvatureNegativeCurvatureCurvature &Energy DensityGravity fromCurvature“Bending” ofLightGravitationalLensingPrecession ofperihelionGravitationalRed ShiftBlack HolesBlack Holes IIPulsarGravitationalWavesBinary PulsarGravitational Waves◆◆Ripples in the fabric of space-timeCarry away energy, angular momentum1993 Nobel Prize: 1974 Hulse-Taylor pulsar (PSRB1913+16), a pair of neutron stars losing energy throughgravitational waves.Cosmology c○2004, 2007 G. Anderson <strong>Physics</strong> III – slide 28 / 37

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