Gravitational wave scintillation by a stellar cluster
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
The diffraction effects on gravitational waves propagating through a stellar cluster are analyzed in the relevant approximation of Fresnel diffraction limit. We find that a gravitational wave scintillation effect - similar to the radio source scintillation effect - comes out naturally, implying that the gravitational wave intensity changes in a characteristic way as the observer moves.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0610830,
title = {Gravitational wave scintillation by a stellar cluster},
author = {G. Congedo and F. De Paolis and P. Longo and A. A. Nucita and D. Vetrugno},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0610830},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
9 pages, in press in IJMP D