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High-frequency gravitational waves (HFGWs) carry a wealth of information on the early Universe with a tiny comoving horizon and astronomical objects of small scale but with dense energy. We demonstrate that the nearby planets, such as Earth…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-04-02 Tao Liu , Jing Ren , Chen Zhang

The ultrahigh-frequency (above 10 kHz) gravitational waves (GW) window provides a unique opportunity to detect primordial GWs, free from astrophysical foregrounds that dominate lower frequencies. A stochastic GW background in this range is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-27 Xinyao Guo , Haixing Miao , Zhi-Wei Wang , Huan Yang , Ye-Ling Zhou

In this paper we first present a complete classification of gravitational waves according to their frequencies: (i) Ultra high frequency band (above 1 THz); (ii) Very high frequency band (100 kHz - 1 THz); (iii) High frequency band (10 Hz -…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-27 Wei-Tou Ni

Pulsars can be used to search for stochastic backgrounds of gravitational waves of cosmological origin within the very low frequency band (VLF), $10^{-7}$ to $10^{-9}$ Hz. We propose to construct a special 50 m radio telescope. Regular…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Shou-Guan Wang , Zong-Hong Zhu , Zhen-Long Zou , Yuan-Zhong Zhang

Detecting gravitational waves above 100 kHz would constitute a major discovery, as any observable signal would have to arise from new physics within the late universe. Although many technologies have been identified to explore this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-19 Asher Berlin , Dawid Brzeminski , Erwin H. Tanin

We apply the inverse Gertsenshtein effect, i.e., the graviton-photon conversion in the presence of a magnetic field, to constrain high-frequency gravitational waves (HFGWs). Using existing astrophysical measurements, we compute upper limits…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-25 Yutong He , Sambit K. Giri , Ramkishor Sharma , Salome Mtchedlidze , Ivelin Georgiev

The first direct measurement of gravitational waves by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations has opened up new avenues to explore our Universe. This white paper outlines the challenges and gains expected in gravitational wave searches at…

While there are no strong observational constraints on the gravitational wave background across six or more orders of magnitude between 10^{-16} Hz and 10^{-10} Hz and it is difficult to get a constraint below 10^{-12}Hz using objects in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Naoki Seto , Asantha Cooray

In this work, we analyze the implications of graviton to photon conversion in the presence of large scale magnetic fields. We consider the magnetic fields associated with galaxy clusters, filaments in the large scale structure, as well as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-29 M. S. Pshirkov , D. Baskaran

We set the first upper limit on the stochastic gravitational wave (GW) background in the frequency range of $1-5\,\mathrm{Hz}$ using a Torsion-bar Antenna (TOBA). A TOBA is a GW detector designed for the detection of low frequency GWs on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Yuya Kuwahara , Ayaka Shoda , Kazunari Eda , Masaki Ando

Physical scenarios, leading to highly energetic stochastic gravitational waves backgrounds (for frequencies ranging from the $\mu$Hz up to the GHz) are examined. In some cases the typical amplitude of the logarithmic energy spectrum can be…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-11-03 Massimo Giovannini

The recent claim by BICEP2 of evidence for primordial gravitational waves from inflation has focused interest on the potential for early-Universe cosmology using observations of gravitational waves. In addition to cosmic microwave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-07-11 John T. Giblin , Eric Thrane

Long-lived heavy particles present during the big bang could have a decay channel opened by gravitons. Such decays can produce gravitational waves with large enough abundance to be detectable, and a peculiar narrow spectrum peaked today…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-20 Giacomo Landini , Alessandro Strumia

We perform a wide parameter space search for continuous gravitational waves over the whole sky and over a large range of values of the frequency and the first spin-down parameter. Our search method is based on the Hough transform, which is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 LIGO Scientific Collaboration , B. Abbott

We propose a gravitational wave detector based on ultrastable optical cavities enabling the detection of gravitational wave signals in the mostly unexplored $10^{-5}-1$ Hz frequency band. We illustrate the working principle of the detector…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-06 G. Barontini , X. Calmet , V. Guarrera , A. Smith , A. Vecchio

High-frequency gravitational waves can be detected by observing the frequency modulation they impart on photons. We discuss fundamental limitations to this method related to the fact that it is impossible to construct a perfectly rigid…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-02-12 Torsten Bringmann , Valerie Domcke , Elina Fuchs , Joachim Kopp

Gravitational waves (GWs) can convert into electromagnetic waves in the presence of a magnetic field via the Gertsenshtein-Zeldovich (GZ) effect. The characteristics of the magnetic field substantially affect this conversion probability.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-05 Wei Hong , Zhen-Zhao Tao , Peng He , Tong-Jie Zhang

High frequency gravitational waves are the subject of rapidly growing interest in the theoretical and experimental community. In this work we calculate the resonant conversion of gravitational waves into photons in the magnetospheres of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-06-28 Jamie I. McDonald , Sebastian A. R. Ellis

With a reinterpretation of recent results, the GRACE Follow-On mission can be applied to gravitational wave astronomy. Existing GRACE Follow-On data constrain the stochastic gravitational wave background to $\Omega_{GW}<3.3\times10^{7}$ at…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-27 M. P. Ross , C. A. Hagedorn , E. A. Shaw , A. L. Lockwood , B. M. Iritani , J. G. Lee , K. Venkateswara , J. H. Gundlach