Gravitational Waves on Conductors
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We consider a gravitational wave of arbitrary frequency incident on a normal or a super-conductor. The gravitationally induced fields inside the conductor are derived. The outward propagating EM waves are calculated for a low frequency wave on a small sphere and for a high frequency wave incident on a large disk. We estimate for both targets the GW to EM conversion efficiencies and also the magnitude of the superconductor's phase perturbation.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0402109,
title = {Gravitational Waves on Conductors},
author = {A. Lewis Licht},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0402109},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
19 pages, revtex4, more realistic value used for the estimated high frequency cosmic gravitational wave amplitude