The quadrupole formula: a hundred years later

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• Béatrice Bonga
• Tuesday 20 December 2016, 13:00-14:00
• Pavilion B Potter Room (B1.19).

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Einstein’s celebrated quadrupole formula lies at the foundation of the first indirect evidence for gravitational waves: it explains with high precision the shrinking of the orbital radius of the Hulse-Taylor system. The formula expresses the power radiated in the form of gravitational radiation in terms of the source quadrupole moments. However, the derivation assumes a Minkowski background, but there is strong observational evidence for a positive cosmological constant. To account for this, the quadrupole formula is generalized by replacing the Minkowski background with a de Sitter space-time. In this talk, I will focus on the conceptual subtleties that arise and comment on physical implications.

This talk is part of the DAMTP Friday GR Seminar series.

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