Rings of light caused by gravitational waves
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2022-06-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We reconsider the case of the geodesic motion of a massive and massless beam of test particles in a gravitational wave. In particular, we use a direct Lagrangian approach which simplifies the calculation. Our findings differ partly from previously performed calculations The final result can be interpreted as rings of light seen by the observer. We give a new interpretation to this picture and show that over large distances the effect, albeit rare, could in principle be observable.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2206.07603,
title = {Rings of light caused by gravitational waves},
author = {Davide Batic and Joud Mojahed Faraji and Marek Nowakowski and Nicolas Maldonaldo Baracaldo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.07603},
year = {2022}
}
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11 pages, 2 figures