On the frequency of gravitational waves

Abstract

We show that there are physically relevant situations where gravitational waves do not inherit the frequency spectrum of their source but its wavenumber spectrum.

4 pages, 2 figures. In v2 minor corrections and a full sentence changed in section III in the paragraph about turbulence. Version accepted for publication by PRD

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