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The gravitational memory effect is a persistent change in the position of two points due to the passing of a gravitational wave.[1] Detection of the gravitation memory effect has been suggested as a way of validating Einstein's theory of general relativity.[2]

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  1. ^ Gibbons, G. W. (July 4, 2017). "The gravitational memory effect: what it is and why Stephen and I did not discover it" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Astronomers search for gravitational-wave memory". phys.org. Retrieved 2020-07-31.


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