"The Confrontation between General Relativity
and Experiment"
by
Clifford M. Will
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Abstract
1
Introduction
2
Tests of the Foundations of Gravitation Theory
2.1
The Einstein equivalence principle
2.2
Theoretical frameworks for analyzing EEP
2.3
EEP, particle physics, and the search for new interactions
3
Tests of Post-Newtonian Gravity
3.1
Metric theories of gravity and the strong equivalence principle
3.2
The parametrized post-Newtonian formalism
3.3
Competing theories of gravity
3.4
Tests of the parameter
3.5
The perihelion shift of Mercury
3.6
Tests of the strong equivalence principle
3.7
Other tests of post-Newtonian gravity
3.8
Prospects for improved PPN parameter values
4
Strong Gravity and Gravitational Waves: A New Testing Ground
4.1
Strong-field systems in general relativity
4.2
Motion and gravitational radiation in general relativity
4.3
Einstein’s equations in “relaxed” form
4.4
Equations of motion and gravitational waveform
4.5
Gravitational wave detection
5
Stellar System Tests of Gravitational Theory
5.1
The binary pulsar and general relativity
5.2
A zoo of binary pulsars
5.3
Binary pulsars and alternative theories
5.4
Binary pulsars and scalar-tensor gravity
6
Gravitational Wave Tests of Gravitational Theory
6.1
Gravitational wave observatories
6.2
Polarization of gravitational waves
6.3
Gravitational radiation back-reaction
6.4
Speed of gravitational waves
6.5
Strong-gravity tests
7
Conclusions
8
Acknowledgments
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