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## Gravitational Waves - **Gravitational Waves** - Accelerated masses generate gravitational waves (condensations and rarefactions of "space-time") - Only for large masses (neutron stars, black holes) demonstrable. - 1974: Indirect detection through 2 neutron stars (book p. 5.49) - 2016: Di...

## Gravitational Waves - **Gravitational Waves** - Accelerated masses generate gravitational waves (condensations and rarefactions of "space-time") - Only for large masses (neutron stars, black holes) demonstrable. - 1974: Indirect detection through 2 neutron stars (book p. 5.49) - 2016: Direct detection through LIGO (book p. 5.50)

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