Helicity-Rotation-Gravity Coupling for Gravitational Waves
摘要
The consequences of spin-rotation-gravity coupling are worked out for linear gravitational waves. The coupling of helicity of the wave with the rotation of a gravitational-wave antenna is investigated and the resulting modifications in the Doppler effect and aberration are pointed out for incident high-frequency gravitational radiation. Extending these results to the case of a gravitomagnetic field via the gravitational Larmor theorem, the rotation of linear polarization of gravitational radiation propagating in the field of a rotating mass is studied. It is shown that in this case the linear polarization state rotates by twice the Skrotskii angle as a consequence of the spin-2 character of linear gravitational waves.
引用
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0601054,
title = {Helicity-Rotation-Gravity Coupling for Gravitational Waves},
author = {Jairzinho Ramos and Bahram Mashhoon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0601054},
year = {2009}
}
备注
11 pages, no figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. D; v2: a few minor typos corrected