# Gravitational Waves Flux

**URL:** <https://ask.igwn.org/t/gravitational-waves-flux/1118>\
**Category:** Open Data Workshop\
**Created:** [October 9, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/gravitational-waves-flux/1118 "2024-10-09T09:30:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Noor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@Noor](https://ask.igwn.org/u/Noor)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/gravitational-waves-flux/1118/1 "2024-10-09T09:30:53Z")

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Hello there,  
I want to ask about the flux of gravitational waves. How is it calculated and how can I obtain it using the tutorials of the Open Data Workshop?

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**Author:** ![jonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/ask.igwn.org/jonah/32/10_2.png) [@jonah](https://ask.igwn.org/u/jonah)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/gravitational-waves-flux/1118/2 "2024-10-10T20:27:51Z")

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@Noor Thank you for the question! You can learn how to calculate GW luminosity in Equation 20 of the paper “The Basic Physics of GW150914” ([arXiv](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.01940))

You can convert the luminosity to a flux by dividing by 4 X pi X d^2

Good luck!

[https://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.01940](https://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.01940)

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**Author:** ![Noor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@Noor](https://ask.igwn.org/u/Noor)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://ask.igwn.org/t/gravitational-waves-flux/1118/3 "2024-10-14T11:31:12Z")

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Thank you very much for your reply Dr. Jonah.