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KAFKA1 has considered the possibility that gravitational radiation is of primordial origin. He treated this radiation in the high frequency limit2 and used the Friedmann equations to determine its effect on the evolution of the cosmos. Using Weber's intensity measurements, he found that the lifetime of the universe would be shortened to 3.3 × 109 yr and concluded that the observed wave pulses cannot be remnants of the big bang.
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ISAACSON, R., WINICOUR, J. Cosmic Effects of Gravitational Waves. Nature 239, 447–448 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239447a0
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