Haney, M. and Bini, D. and Ortolan, A. and Fortini, P. (2013) Electromagnetic waves in gravitational wave spacetimes. Il nuovo cimento C, 36 (S1). pp. 63-67. ISSN 1826-9885
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Abstract
We have considered the propagation of electromagnetic waves in a space-time representing an exact gravitational plane wave and calculated the induced changes on the four-potential field Aμ of a plane electromagnetic wave. By choosing a suitable photon round-trip in a Michelson interferometer, we have been able to identify the physical effects of the exact gravitational wave on the electromagnetic field, i.e. phase shift, change of the polarization vector, angular deflection and delay. These results have been exploited to study the response of an interferometric gravitational wave detector beyond the linear approximation of the general theory of relativity. A much more detailled examination of this problem can be found in our paper recently published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (28 (2011) 235007).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Wave propagation and interactions ; Gravitational wave detectors and experiments ; Spacetime topology, causal structure, spinor structure |
| Subjects: | 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 530 Fisica |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 07 May 2020 16:53 |
| Last Modified: | 07 May 2020 16:53 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18433 |
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