A New Model for Gravitational Waves

Gravitational waves are among the most striking predictions of General Relativity (GR), yet alternative formulations may offer fresh insights into their nature. In this talk, I present a novel approach to relativistic gravity called Extended Relativity, which, like GR, treats gravity as a manifestation of spacetime geometry

Central to this model is a new metric for a single point mass, which aligns with all classical tests of GR. Building on this, a superposition principle—reminiscent of the linearity in electromagnetism—allows us to construct the gravitational field for multiple sources.

Notably, when a mass accelerates, it produces a "far-field" component in its gravitational field, akin to how accelerating charges emit electromagnetic radiation. In systems like binary stars, this far-field behaves similarly to the quadrupole radiation predicted by GR, leading to wave-like effects that mirror gravitational waves.

This model not only reproduces the essential predictions of GR but also provides a framework for describing relativistic corrections in galactic dynamics.

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