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Gravitational Waves

Here are two nontechnical descriptions of the binary pulsar work for which Hulse and Taylor won the Nobel Prize:


``The Binary Pulsar: Gravity Waves Exist,'' C. M. Will, Mercury, Nov-Dec 1987, p. 162.


``Gravitational Waves from an Orbiting Pulsar,'' J. M. Weisberg, J. H. Taylor, and L. A. Fowler, Scientific American, Oct 1981, p. 74.


Here is a review article on the ongoing efforts to directly detect gravitational waves:


``Detection of Gravitational Waves,'' J. Lu, D. G. Blair, and C. Zhao, Reports on Progress in Physics, 63, 1317-1427 (2000).


Some present and future experiments to detect gravitational radiation are described here:


LIGO Laboratory Home Page, http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/


The Virgo Project, http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/


Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, http://lisa.jpl.nasa.gov/



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