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Re: [Phys-L] More on Gravity Waves



On 04/25/2016 10:00 PM, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

I say that gravitational waves are longitudinal.

Suppose the spheres are treated as point particles, and that the line
between them (the direction of wave propagation) is our x axis.

Then we can say that directions of gravitational force field vectors
F coincide with the direction of propagation.

4) If the M (the source of the field) is forced to oscillate along
the x axis then the m (the detector) will also be oscillating along
this axis.

The same argument applied to the Coulomb interaction "proves"
that electromagnetic waves are longitudinal, not transverse.

It's bad luck to "prove" things that aren't true.

I say the longitudinal force exists in the near field only.
The waves propagate into the far field.

The thing that's longitudinal isn't a wave.
The thing that's a wave isn't longitudinal.