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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 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

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

Due to their computational limitations, searches for continuous gravitational waves (GW) are significantly more sensitive when informed by observational photon astronomy and theoretical astrophysics. Indirect upper limits on GW emission…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-05-04 Benjamin J. Owen

In this work I study the effect of graviton-photon mixing in a constant external magnetic field and find for the first time in the literature exact solution of the equations of motion. In particular, I apply the effect of graviton-photon…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-07-15 Damian Ejlli

In the era of gravitational wave (GW) detection from astrophysical sources by LIGO/VIRGO, it is of great importance to take the quantum gravity effect of graviton-photon (GRAPH) mixing in the cosmic magnetic field to the next level. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-15 Damian Ejlli , Venugopal R. Thandlam

The Milky-Way magnetic field can trigger conversions between photons and axion-like particles (ALPs), leading to peculiar features on the observable photon spectra. Previous studies considered only the regular component of the magnetic…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-07-08 Pierluca Carenza , Carmelo Evoli , Maurizio Giannotti , Alessandro Mirizzi , Daniele Montanino

We revisit the method of using the photon-graviton conversion mechanism in the presence of the external magnetic field to probe small-scale primordial magnetic fields that may exist between the last scattering surface and present.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-01 Pisin Chen , Teruaki Suyama

In this work, we present the first experimental upper limits on the presence of stochastic ultra-high-frequency gravitational waves. We exclude gravitational waves in the frequency bands from $(2.7 - 14)\times10^{14}~$Hz and $(5 -…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-14 Aldo Ejlli , Damian Ejlli , Adrian Mike Cruise , Giampaolo Pisano , Hartmut Grote

Dark gauge fields have been discussed as candidates for dark matter recently. If they existed, primordial dark magnetic fields during inflation would have existed. It is believed that primordial gravitational waves (PGWs) arise out of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-09 Sugumi Kanno , Ann Mukuno , Jiro Soda , Kazushige Ueda

Since dark matter is only known to have gravitational interactions, it may plausibly decay to gravitons on cosmological timescales. Although such a scenario can be easily realized, there are currently no known limits on this possibility…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-26 David I. Dunsky , Gordan Krnjaic , Elena Pinetti

The Gertsenshtein effect could in principle be used to detect a single graviton by firing it through a region filled with a constant magnetic field that enables its conversion to a photon, which can be efficiently detected via standard…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-11 Andrea Palessandro

We propose that there may be a substantial stochastic gravitational wave background from particle origin, mainly from the gravitational three-body decay of the inflaton. The emitted gravitons could constitute a sizable contribution to dark…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-30 Kazunori Nakayama , Yong Tang

It has recently been suggested that collapse of neutron stars induced by a phase transition to quark matter can be a considerable source of gravitational waves with kHz frequencies. We demonstrate that if about one percent of all neutron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Guenter Sigl

We investigate axion-photon conversion in stochastic magnetic fields, focusing on the evolution of the photon intensity and polarizations induced by conversion into axions. Assuming Gaussian magnetic fields characterized by the power…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-25 Wataru Chiba , Ryusuke Jinno , Kimihiro Nomura

The influence of radiative corrections on the photon propagation in a gravitational background is investigated without the low-frequency approximation $\omega \ll m$. The conclusion is made in this way that the velocity of light can exceed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-22 I. B. Khriplovich

We make a new estimate of the extragalactic radio background down to kHz frequencies based on the observed luminosity functions and radio spectra of normal galaxies and radio galaxies. We have constructed models for the spectra of these two…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-30 R. J. Protheroe , P. L. Biermann

Gravitons are the quantum counterparts of gravitational waves in low-energy theories of gravity. Using Feynman rules one can compute scattering amplitudes describing the interaction between gravitons and other fields. Here, we consider the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-18 Nicola Bartolo , Ahmad Hoseinpour , Giorgio Orlando , Sabino Matarrese , Moslem Zarei

A cold relic axion condensate resulting from vacuum misalignment in the early universe oscillates with a frequency m, where m is the axion mass. We determine the properties of photons propagating in a simplified version of such a background…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-05-30 Domenec Espriu , Albert Renau

Gravitational Wave Astronomy is becoming a reality as Earth-based interferometric gravitational-wave detectors reach the design sensitivities and move towards advanced configurations that may lead to gravitational-wave detections in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-05 Carlos F. Sopuerta