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Gravitational Waves
They move at the speed of light (not at infinite speed as Newton thought)
Plus-polarized G.W
The particles are motionless The area does not change The particles do not change their position along with the wave
Their characteristics
Frequency: frequency for an oscilation of stretching-squeezing low frequencies from 107 to 105 Hz; high frequencies above 105 Hz and probably 1010 Hz) Wavelenght: distance betweeen points of maximum stretch or squeeze Speed: the speed of light Amplitude: fraction of separation between masses (h 10-20) c=f
Orbital decay
We can learn more from violent events such as supernovae, crashing binary systems, etc.