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Light amplification by gravitational waves in scalar-tensor theories of gravity

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is shown that the amplification of a light beam by gravitational waves in scalar-tensor theories of gravity is a first order effect in the wave amplitudes. In general relativity, instead, the effect is only of second order.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9602154,
  title  = {Light amplification by gravitational waves in scalar-tensor theories of gravity},
  author = {Valerio Faraoni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9602154},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, LaTex, no figures, to be published in Astrophysical Letters and Communications