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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

Affleck-Dine (AD) baryogenesis is compelling yet challenging to probe because of the high-energy physics involved. We demonstrate that this mechanism can be generically realized with low-energy new physics, without supersymmetry, while…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-01-30 Yanou Cui , Anish Ghoshal , Pankaj Saha , Evangelos I. Sfakianakis

The gravitational wave detector of higher sensitivity and greater bandwidth in kilohertz window is required for future gravitational wave astronomy and cosmology. Here we present a new type broadband high frequency laser interferometer…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-15 Meng-Jun Hu , Shuai Zha , Yong-Sheng Zhang

We revisit birefringence effects associated with the evolution of the polarization of light as it propagates through axion dark matter or the background of a passing gravitational wave (GW). We demonstrate that this can be described by a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-16 Camilo García-Cely , Luca Marsili , Andreas Ringwald , Aaron D. Spector

In the space-based gravitational wave detections, the axion-like dark matter would alter the polarization state of the laser link between spacecrafts due to the birefringence effect. However, current designs of space-based laser…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-08 Yong-Yong Liu , Jing-Rui Zhang , Ming-Hui Du , He-Shan Liu , Peng Xu , Yun-Long Zhang

We argue that dielectric haloscopes like MADMAX, originally designed for detecting axion dark matter, are also very promising gravitational wave detectors. Operated in resonant mode at frequencies around $\mathcal{O}(10\,\text{GHz})$, these…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-11 Valerie Domcke , Sebastian A. R. Ellis , Joachim Kopp

Gravitational waves modulate the apparent frequencies of other periodic signals. Low-frequency gravitational waves could therefore be detected by observing frequency modulations in signals from higher-frequency sources, e.g., those from…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-08-09 Jakob Stegmann , Sander M. Vermeulen

Direct detection of gravitational radiation in the audio band is being pursued with a network of kilometer-scale interferometers (LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA). Several space missions (LISA, DECIGO, BBO) have been proposed to search for sub-Hz…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-12-16 Jan Harms , Bram J. J. Slagmolen , Rana X. Adhikari , M. Coleman Miller , Matthew Evans , Yanbei Chen , Holger Müller , Masaki Ando

We present a systematic study of gravitational wave (GW) signals from phase transitions and topological defects in a unified high-quality axion framework. The gauged $U(1)_g$ symmetry forbids any bias term that could lift the vacuum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-13 Ruiyu Zhou , Jin-Wei Wang , Ligong Bian

Next-generation ground-based gravitational-wave (GW) detectors are expected to detect millions of binary black hole mergers during their operation period. A small fraction ($\sim 0.1 - 1\%$) of them will be strongly lensed by intervening…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-13 Souvik Jana , Shasvath J. Kapadia , Tejaswi Venumadhav , Surhud More , Parameswaran Ajith

We report on all-optical generation and detection of high-frequency (up to about 30 GHz) surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructures with short-period Au gratings on top. A highly sensitive method for SAW detection is…

A rapid estimate of gravitational-wave (GW) detectability associated with astronomical transients is crucial for optimizing multi-messenger follow-up strategies and for constraining the physical origin of the transient itself. We introduce…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-22 S. Ronchini , A. Chopra , T. Dal Canton , B. Banerjee , A. L. De Santis , M. Branchesi

The renewed serious interest to possible practical applications of gravitational waves is encouraging. Building on previous work, I am arguing that the strong variable electromagnetic fields are appropriate systems for the generation and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2007-05-23 L. P. Grishchuk

Direct detection of gravitational waves is opening a new window onto our universe. Here, we study the sensitivity to continuous-wave strain fields of a kg-scale optomechanical system formed by the acoustic motion of superfluid helium-4…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-02 S. Singh , L. A. De Lorenzo , I. Pikovski , K. C. Schwab

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

Searches for high frequency gravitational waves using cavities based on the Gertsenshtein effect were recently proposed, building off existing axion dark matter experiments. In particular, the sensitivity of axion dark matter experiments…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-12-20 Rodolfo Capdevilla , Graciela B. Gelmini , Jonah Hyman , Alexander J. Millar , Edoardo Vitagliano

Axion is a promising candidate for ultralight dark matter which may cause a polarization rotation of laser light. Recently, a new idea of probing the axion dark matter by optical linear cavities used in the arms of gravitational wave…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-29 Koji Nagano , Hiromasa Nakatsuka , Soichiro Morisaki , Tomohiro Fujita , Yuta Michimura , Ippei Obata

We propose a simple modification of space-based gravitational wave (GW) detector optical benches which would enable the measurement of vacuum birefringence of light induced by axion dark matterthrough its coupling to electromagnetism.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-23 Jordan Gué , Aurélien Hees , Peter Wolf

A GHz maser beam with Gaussian-type distribution passing through a homogenous static magnetic field can be used to detect gravitational waves (GWs) with the same frequency. The presence of GWs will perturb the electromagnetic (EM) fields,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Ming-lei Tong , Yang Zhang , Fang-Yu Li

When ultralight axion dark matter encounters a static magnetic field, it sources an effective electric current that follows the magnetic field lines and oscillates at the axion Compton frequency. We propose a new experiment to detect this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-10-05 Yonatan Kahn , Benjamin R. Safdi , Jesse Thaler