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Gravitational Radiation by Ultrarelativistic Bodies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2017

Peter Jocelyn Westervelt
Peter Jocelyn Westervelt*
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin, Tex. 78712, U.S.A. Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912, U.S.A.

Abstract

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I have shown (Westervelt, 1966) that ultrarelativistic bodies do not radiate gravitational waves in the forward direction. This work has been extended so as to apply to circular orbits. Even if low efficiency of generation precludes direct observation of gravitational waves, indirect evidence for their existence is available in a recent analysis (Westervelt, 1969) of Shapiro's fourth test of general relativity.

Type
Part I: Gravitational Radiation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 64: Gravitational Radiation and Gravitational Collapse , 1974 , pp. 60
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1974 

References

Westervelt, P. J.: 1966, J.E.T.P. Letters 4, 225.Google Scholar
Westervelt, P. J.: 1969, Acta Phys. Polon. 35, 203.Google Scholar