Dürr, Patrick (2015) Do Gravitational Waves Carry Energy? -Critique of a Procrustean Practice. [Preprint]

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Abstract

We submit that, contrary to the standard view, gravitational waves (GWs) do not carry energy-momentum. Analysing the four standard arguments on which the standard view rests - viz. the kinetic effects of a GW on a detector, Feynman’s Sticky Bead Argument, an application of Noether’s Theorem and a general perturbative approach – we find none of them to be successful: Pre-relativistic premises underlie each of them – premises that, as we argue, no longer hold in General Relativity (GR). Finally, we outline a GR-consistent interpretation of the effects and, in particular, the spin-down of binary systems.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Dürr, Patrick patrick-duerr@gmx.de
Keywords:	General Relativity, Gravitational Waves, Gravitational Energy, Binary Systems, Sticky Beads Argument
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	Mr. Patrick M. Duerr
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2016 18:46
Last Modified:	10 Jan 2016 18:46
Item ID:	11857
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	2015
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11857

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