An electromagnetic analog of gravitational wave memory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-16 v2
Abstract
We present an electromagnetic analog of gravitational wave memory. That is, we consider what change has occurred to a detector of electromagnetic radiation after the wave has passed. Rather than a distortion in the detector, as occurs in the gravitational wave case, we find a residual velocity (a "kick") to the charges in the detector. In analogy with the two types of gravitational wave memory ("ordinary" and "nonlinear") we find two types of electromagnetic kick.
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@article{arxiv.1307.5098,
title = {An electromagnetic analog of gravitational wave memory},
author = {Lydia Bieri and David Garfinkle},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.5098},
year = {2015}
}