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Measurement of the Speed of Gravity |
| ZHU Yin
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| Agriculture Department of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430070 |
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ZHU Yin 2011 Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 070401 |
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Abstract From the Liénard–Wiechert potential in both the gravitational field and the electromagnetic field, it is shown that the propagation speed of gravitational field (waves) can be tested by comparing the measured speed of gravitational force with the measured speed of Coulomb force.
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Received: 02 September 2010
Published: 29 June 2011
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(Wave propagation and interactions)
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(Experimental tests of gravitational theories)
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