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authorbryan newbold <bnewbold@snark.mit.edu>2009-02-01 08:34:55 -0500
committerbryan newbold <bnewbold@snark.mit.edu>2009-02-01 08:34:55 -0500
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Energy
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-Quick calculation: for a source with mass M, size L, period P, the quadrupole moment $M_2 \approx M L^2$, h \approx 1/c^2 (Newtonian potential energy) ????
+Quick calculation: for a source with mass M, size L, period P, the quadrupole
+moment :m:`$M_2 \approx M L^2$`, :m:`$h \approx 1/c^2` (Newtonian potential
+energy) ????
-h on the order of $10^{-22}$
+h on the order of :m:`$10^{-22}$`
Propagation
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