Polarization modes for strong-field gravitational waves
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2011-09-28 v1
Abstract
Strong-field gravitational plane waves are often represented in either the Rosen or Brinkmann forms. These forms are related by a coordinate transformation, so they should describe essentially the same physics, but the two forms treat polarization states quite differently. Both deal well with linear polarizations, but there is a qualitative difference in the way they deal with circular, elliptic, and more general polarization states. In this article we will describe a general algorithm for constructing arbitrary polarization states in the Rosen form.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.5904,
title = {Polarization modes for strong-field gravitational waves},
author = {Bethan Cropp and Matt Visser},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5904},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
4 pages. Prepared for the proceedings of ERE2010 (Granada, Spain)