Abstract Gravitational wave memory and its electromagnetic analog are shown to be straightforward consequences of the wave equation. From Maxwell’s equations one can derive a wave equation for the electric field, while from the Bianchi identity one can derive a wave equation for the Riemann tensor in linearized gravity. Memory in both cases is derived from the structure of the source of those wave equations.
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Wave turbulence and collective behavior models for wave equations with short- and long-range interactions
- Award ID(s):
- 1854453
- PAR ID:
- 10323531
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Communications in optimization theory
- ISSN:
- 2051-2953
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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