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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

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

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 conversion processes between gravitons and dark photons and reveal the effects of dark photons on the polarization of gravitational waves. Considering cosmological dark magnetic fields, we investigate the evolution of the intensity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-06 Kimihiro Nomura , Jiro Soda , Kazushige Ueda , Ziwei Wang

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

Magnetars have already been a potential candidate as gravitational wave sources that could be detected by current and future terrestrial as well as ground based gravitational wave detectors. In this article, we focus on the gravitational…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-22 Sourav Roy Chowdhury , Maxim Khlopov

High-frequency gravitational waves, particularly in the range $f \gtrsim 10^{10}~\mathrm{Hz}$, represent a compelling probe of physics beyond the Standard Model. Due to the absence of direct detection methods in this frequency regime,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-04-03 Aman Gupta , Pratik Majumdar , Sourov Roy , Pratick Sarkar

Graviton-photon conversions in a given external electric or magnetic field, known as the Gertsenshtein mechanism, are usually treated using the four-potential for photons. In terms of the electric and magnetic (EM) fields, however, proper…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-23 Jai-chan Hwang , Hyerim Noh

We study graviton-photon conversion in the presence of stochastic magnetic fields. Assuming Gaussian magnetic fields that may possess nontrivial helicity, and unpolarized gravitational waves (GWs) as the initial state, we obtain expressions…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-11-07 Wataru Chiba , Ryusuke Jinno , Kimihiro Nomura

While photons and gravitons do not interact significantly, photons can be converted to gravitons in a background magnetic field -- a phenomenon known as the Gertsenshtein effect. In this paper, we investigate whether chiral electromagnetic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-24 Ashu Kushwaha , Rajeev Kumar Jain

We derive in this an expression for the rotation of plane of polarization, of an electromagnetic wave, induced by the field of a gravitational wave propagating along the same direction $\approx \f{G\mu d^2\Omega^4}{3\o}$, $\o$ and $\Omega$…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-17 A. R. Prasanna , S. Mohanty

The polarization of electromagnetic waves in the presence of a gravitational wave is analyzed. The rotation of the polarization angle and the Stokes parameters are deduced. A possible application to the detection of stochastic background of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-02-03 Shahen Hacyan

In a strong electromagnetic field, gravitational waves are converted into electromagnetic waves of the same frequency, and vice versa. Here we calculate the scattering and conversion cross sections for a planar wave impinging upon a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-03 Mohamed Ould El Hadj , Sam R. Dolan

The suppression of relic gravitational waves due to their conversion into electromagnetic radiation in a cosmological magnetic field is studied. The coupled system of equations describing gravitational and electromagnetic wave propagation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-12-27 A. D. Dolgov , L. A. Panasenko , V. A. Bochko

There are conflicting statements in the literature about the gravitational Faraday rotation of the plane of polarization of polarized electromagnetic radiation travelling through a gravitational wave. This issue is reconsidered using a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Valerio Faraoni

Wave propagation of field disturbances is ubiquitous. The electromagnetic and gravitational are cousin theories in which the corresponding waves play a relevant role to understand several related physical. It has been established that small…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-11-22 W. Barreto , H. P. de Oliveira , E. L. Rodrigues

When a gravitational wave or a graviton travels through an electric or magnetic background, it could convert into a photon with some probability. In this paper, a dipole magnetic field is considered as this kind of background in both the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-12-14 Chao-Jun Feng , Ao Guo , Zhong-Ming Xie , Miao Li

The transformation of powerful gravitational waves, created by the coalescence of massive black hole binaries, into electromagnetic radiation in external magnetic fields is revisited. In contrast to the previous calculations of the similar…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-19 Alexander Dolgov , Konstantin Postnov

Brief review of principal ideas in respect of the high frequency gravitational radiation generated and detected in the laboratory condition is presented. Interaction of electro-magnetic and gravitational waves into a strong magnetic field…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-04-27 N. I. Kolosnitsyn , V. N. Rudenko

This work continues the research presented in the article [1], where we estimate the Gertsenshtein effect's influence on the long-wavelength part of relic gravitational wave spectrum. Here, the differential equation system for the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-12 L. A. Panasenko , A. O. Chetverikov
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