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Electromagnetic methods recently proposed for detecting gravitational waves modify the Michelson phase shift analysis (historically employed for special relativity). We suggest that a frequency modulation analysis is more suited to general…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 S. Sivasubramanian , Y. N. Srivastava , A. Widom

The classical processes: the conversion of photons into gravitons in the static electromagnetic fields are considered by using Feynman perturbation techniques. The differential cross sections are presented for the conversion in the electric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Hoang Ngoc Long , Dang Van Soa , Tuan A. Tran

Einstein-Maxwell theory implies the mixing of photons with gravitons in an external electromagnetic field. This process and its possible observable consequences have been studied at tree level for many years. We use the worldline formalism…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 F. Bastianelli , U. Nucamendi , C. Schubert , V. M. Villanueva

When electromagnetic (or gravitational) waves propagate in the presence of a background magnetic field, a portion of the waves converts into gravitational (or electromagnetic) waves. This phenomenon, known as the (inverse) Gertsenshtein…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-21 Ryutaro Tomomatsu , Teruaki Suyama , Paolo Gondolo

Through the Gertsenshtein effect, the presence of a large external B-field may allow photons and gravitons to mix in a way that resembles neutrino oscillations and is even more similar to axion-photon mixing. Assuming a background B-field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-04-03 Peter Anninos , Tony Rothman , Andrea Palessandro

We study the photon-graviton pair production induced by the propagation of a classical electromagnetic (EM) wave in a Minkowskian spacetime. In our model, the gravitational field is described in terms of the quantized graviton field,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-02 Alessandro Ferreri

High-frequency gravitational waves represent an unexplored frontier of gravitational physics. While pulsar timing arrays reach nHz frequencies and ground-based interferometers probe the audio band, the regime above the MHz scale remains…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-10-20 Yi-fu Cai , Luca Visinelli , Sheng-Feng Yan

We consider the conversion of gravitons into photons in the $ TE_{mo} $ mode. Cross sections in different directions are given.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Nguyen Suan Han , Hoang Ngoc Long , Dang Van Soa

We consider the conversion of gravitons and photons as a four-wave mixing process. A nonlinear coupled systems of equations involving two gravitons and two photons is obtained, and the energy exchange between the different degrees of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Kallberg , G. Brodin , M. Marklund

The search for the gravitational energy-momentum tensor is often qualified as an attempt of looking for ``the right answer to the wrong question''. This position does not seem convincing to us. We think that we have found the right answer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 S V Babak , L P Grishchuk

In this paper we investigate graviton-photon oscillation in the presence of an external magnetic field in alternative theories of gravity. Whereas the effect of an effective refractive index for the electromagnetic radiation was already…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-20 Jose A. R. Cembranos , Mario Coma Diaz , Prado Martin-Moruno

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

In the presence of an electromagnetic (EM) field the space-time metrics are affected by the field potential. The principle of superposition, which usually rules EM fields, is no longer valid for the biggest fields and Maxwell's equations,…

General Physics · Physics 2023-12-27 Pierre Marx

In this paper we consider photon-photon scattering due to self-induced gravitational perturbations on a Minkowski background. We focus on four-wave interaction between plane waves with weakly space and time dependent amplitudes, since…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 G. Brodin , D. Eriksson , M. Marklund

We propose using qumodes, quantum bosonic modes, for detecting high-frequency gravitational waves via the inverse Gertsenshtein effect, where a gravitational wave resonantly converts into a single photon in a magnetized cavity. For an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-11 Dmitri E. Kharzeev , Azadeh Maleknejad , Saba Shalamberidze

Electromagnetic waves (EMWs) can be generated by gravitational waves (GWs) within a magnetic field via the Gertsenshtein effect. The conversion probability between GWs and EMWs can be enhanced by inhomogeneities in the electron density and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-09 Jian-Kang Li , Wei Hong , Tong-Jie Zhang

We study the graviton-photon conversion in the magnetic fields of the Earth, the Milky Way Galaxy, and intergalactic regions. Requiring that the photon flux converted from gravitons does not exceed the observed photon flux with telescopes,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-02-22 Asuka Ito , Kazunori Kohri , Kazunori Nakayama

Gravitational waves from astrophysical sources can interact with background electromagnetic fields, giving rise to distinctive and potentially detectable electromagnetic signatures. In this paper, we study such interactions for far-field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-12-09 Alvin J. K. Chua , Priscilla Cañizares , Jonathan R. Gair

We reconsider the effects of photon-graviton conversion in a primordial magnetic field upon the cosmic microwave background radiation. We argue that plasma effects make the photon-graviton conversion process negligible.

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Analia N. Cillis , Diego D. Harari

We explore a novel process in the early Universe in which thermalized photons are converted into gravitons in the presence of strong primordial magnetic fields. It is found that the frequency of generated gravitational waves (GWs) is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-19 Tomohiro Fujita , Kohei Kamada , Yuichiro Nakai