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Resonant string behavior in a Gravitational Wave burst

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2022-09-07 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We investigate the behavior of classical closed strings in a gravitational wave burst and discover an intriguing resonant behavior where the energy absorbed by the strings is crucially dependent on the amplitude and frequency of the gravitational wave. This behavior can be traced to the well-known behavior of the solutions to the Mathieu equation.

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@article{arxiv.2205.01007,
  title  = {Resonant string behavior in a Gravitational Wave burst},
  author = {Vojtech Liska and Rikard von Unge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.01007},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 figures. v2: added ref to Virgo collaboration

R2 v1 2026-06-24T11:04:57.256Z