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I'm surprised the term "waves" (a la electromagnetism) is used instead of "fields" (a la magnetism). Can anyone explain that?
by TallGuyShort 13y ago
I'm surprised the term "waves" (a la electromagnetism) is used instead of "fields" (a la magnetism). Can anyone explain that?
- icegreentea 13y agoWaves (such as EM waves) imply the change in some field, which is what they are trying to detect. After all, we already detect gravitational fields - after all, we are standing on the earth - what they're trying to detect are very specific changes to gravitational fields, thus waves.