GW's towards fundamental principles of GR

TL;DR

This paper argues that gravitational waves do not physically exist within general relativity due to the lack of privileged reference frames and the flexible nature of coordinate systems.

Contribution

It challenges the conventional understanding of gravitational waves by linking their non-existence to fundamental principles of general relativity.

Findings

Gravitational waves are not physically real according to this analysis.

The non-existence of privileged frames undermines the physical reality of GWs.

Coordinate system plasticity affects the interpretation of gravitational phenomena.

Abstract

The physical non-existence of gravitational waves (GW's) as a consequence of the non-existence in general relativity (GR) of physically privileged reference frames, and of the ``plasticity'' of relativistic notion of a coordinate system.