The Laser Gravitational Compass
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2019-10-22 v1
Abstract
Using the observational properties of Einstein's gravitational field it is shown that a minimum of four non-coplanar mass probes are necessary for the Michelson and Morley interferometer to detect gravitational waves within the context of General Relativity. With fewer probes, some alternative theories of gravitation can also explain the observations. The conversion of the existing gravitational wave detectors to four probes is also suggested.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1910.09280,
title = {The Laser Gravitational Compass},
author = {Ivan S. Ferreira and C. Frajuca and Nadja S. Magalhaes and M. D. Maia and Claudio M. G. Sousa},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.09280},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
Latex, four pages, no figures