Gravitational waves carrying orbital angular momentum
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2016-02-17 v1
Abstract
Spinorial formalism is used to map every electromagnetic wave into the gravitational wave (within the linearized gravity). In this way we can obtain the gravitational counterparts of Bessel, Laguerre-Gauss, and other light beams carrying orbital angular momentum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1511.08909,
title = {Gravitational waves carrying orbital angular momentum},
author = {Iwo Bialynicki-Birula and Zofia Bialynicka-Birula},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08909},
year = {2016}
}