Month: July 2025

DOPPLER EFFECT
The change in frequency or wavelength of a wave due to the motion of its source relative to the observer.

STRONG GRAVITY REGIME
A region near massive compact objects where gravitational waves are most intense.

QUADRUPOLE RADIATION
The type of gravitational wave radiation predicted by general relativity.

HULSE-TAYLOR BINARY
The first indirect evidence of gravitational waves, found in a neutron star binary system.

LISA (LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA)
A planned space-based gravitational wave detector.

PULSAR TIMING ARRAYS
Networks of pulsars used to detect long-wavelength gravitational waves.

TORSIONAL OSCILLATIONS
Rotational vibrations in neutron stars that can produce gravitational waves.

EINSTEIN’S FIELD EQUATIONS
The mathematical framework describing how matter and energy affect spacetime.

COSMIC BACKGROUND GRAVITATIONAL WAVES
Low-frequency gravitational waves thought to be leftover from the Big Bang.