Gravitational waves without general relativity redux

An electromagnetic-like model of gravitational radiation reproduces many features of the gravitational waves emitted by orbiting binary systems and observed by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration. However, that model predicts a total gravitational wave power emission which is smaller than that predicted by general relativity. In this paper, we improve the electromagnetic-like model by considering the energy-momentum tensor of the binary source and revisiting a numerical factor in the expressions that link the gravitational mass/energy currents to the vector potential. The enhanced model's results for the total gravitational wave power emitted by a binary source before coalescence are in complete agreement with general relativistic predictions. This approach makes gravitational wave physics accessible to a broad audience without requiring any knowledge of general relativity.