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MU physicist defends Einstein's theory and 'speed of gravityContact: Kevin Carlson
CarlsonKE@missouri.edu
573-882-3346
University of Missouri-Columbia
MU physicist defends Einstein's theory and 'speed of gravity' measurement
| Quote: | COLUMBIA, Mo. – Scientists have attempted to disprove Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity for the better part of a century. After testing and confirming Einstein's prediction in 2002 that gravity moves at the speed of light, a professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia has spent the past five years defending the result, as well as his own innovative experimental techniques for measuring the speed of propagation of the tiny ripples of space-time known as gravitational waves.
Sergei Kopeikin, associate professor of physics and astronomy in the College of Arts and Science, believes that his latest article, "Gravimagnetism, causality, and aberration of gravity in the gravitational light-ray deflection experiments" published along with Edward Fomalont from the National Radio Astronomical Observatory, arrives at a consensus in the continuing debate that has divided the scientific community. |
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/uom-mpd100307.php
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