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This chapter describes the theory of gravitational waves. We first introduce gravitational waves and describe how they are generated and propagate through space. We then show how the luminosity, frequency and amplitude of a gravitational wave source can be defined. A brief mathematical summary of how gravitational waves are a natural consequence of Einstein's general theory of relativity is then provided. To finish, we summarise some important quantities that are used to describe gravitational wave signal strengths and the response of detectors to different types of signal.
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This chapter describes the theory of gravitational waves. We first introduce gravitational waves and describe how they are generated and propagate through space. We then show how the luminosity, frequency and amplitude of a gravitational wave source can be defined. A brief mathematical summary of how gravitational waves are a natural consequence of Einstein's general theory of relativity is then provided. To finish, we summarise some important quantities that are used to describe gravitational wave signal strengths and the response of detectors to different types of signal.
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