Although gravitational waves have not yet been detected directly , their influence on a binary pulsar ( two neutron stars orbiting each other ) has been measured accurately , and was found to be in good agreement with original predictions 盡管引力波至今仍未曾被直接探測(cè)到,但它們對(duì)脈沖雙星(沿軌道互繞對(duì)方運(yùn)行的兩顆中子星)的影響已經(jīng)得到精確的測(cè)量,而且與最初的預(yù)測(cè)符合得很好。
百科解釋
A binary pulsar is a pulsar with a binary companion, often a white dwarf or neutron star. (In at least one case, the double pulsar PSR J0737-3039, the companion neutron star is another pulsar as well.