Ion Traps and the Memory Effect for Periodic Gravitational Waves
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2025-05-27 v8 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Classical Physics
Abstract
The Eisenhart lift of a Paul Trap used to store ions in molecular physics is a linearly polarized periodic gravitational wave. A modified version of Dehmelt's Penning Trap is in turn related to circularly polarized periodic gravitational waves, sought for in inflationary models. Similar equations rule also the Lagrange points in Celestial Mechanics. The explanation is provided by anisotropic oscillators.
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@article{arxiv.1807.00765,
title = {Ion Traps and the Memory Effect for Periodic Gravitational Waves},
author = {P. -M. Zhang and M. Cariglia and C. Duval and M. Elbistan and G. W. Gibbons and P. A. Horvathy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.00765},
year = {2025}
}
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