Relativity and Cosmology

    

On the Polarization of Gravitational Waves

Authors: Paul R. Gerber

It is argued that transversal waves in the geometry of space-time, as postulated by General Relativity, violate translation symmetry within phase planes of a planar wave. Consequently, it is proposed that a corresponding test of transversality is performed, which should have become possible with the increasing number of registered events of gravitational waves. This would provide a independent, new, and essential test of General Relativity.

Comments: 3 Pages. Argumentation somewhat more detailed, with respect to the first version

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[v1] 2020-01-20 03:50:24
[v2] 2020-02-07 05:54:00

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