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Éanna É Flanagan and Scott A Hughes 2005 New J. Phys. 7 204 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/204

The basics of gravitational wave theory

Focus on Spacetime 100 Years Later

Éanna É Flanagan1 and Scott A Hughes2

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