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Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: from Birth to Coalescence (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
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Physics of Relativistic Objects in Compact Binaries: from Birth to Coalescence (Paperback, 2009 ed.)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 359
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A very attractive feature of the theory of general relativity is
that it is a
perfectexampleofa"falsi?able"theory:notunableparameterispresentinthe
theory and therefore even a single experiment incompatible with a
prediction of the theory would immediately lead to its inevitable
rejection, at least in the physical regime of application of the
aforementioned experiment. This fact provides additional scienti?c
value to one of the boldest and most fascinating achievements of
the human intellect ever, and motivates a wealth of e?orts in
designing and implementing tests aimed at the falsi?cation of the
theory. The ?rst historical test on the theory has been the
de?ection of light gr- ing the solar surface (Eddington 1919): the
compatibility of the theory with this ?rst experiment together with
its ability to explain the magnitude of the perihelion advance of
Mercury contributed strongly to boost acceptance and
worldwideknowledge.However,technologicallimitations
preventedphysicists from setting up more constraining tests for
several decades after the formu- tion of the theory. In fact, a
relevant problem with experimental general r- ativity is that the
predicted deviations from the Newtonian theory of gravity
areverysmallwhentheexperimentsarecarriedoutinterrestriallaboratories.
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