Interaction of light with gravitational waves
The physical properties of electromagnetic waves in the presence of a gravitational plane wave are analyzed. Formulas for the Stokes parameters describing the polarization of light are obtained in closed form. The particular case of a constant amplitude gravitational wave is worked out explicitly an...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2014 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
| Repository: | Redalyc-UNAM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:redalyc.org:57031048013 |
| Online Access: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57031048013 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Stokes parameteres Gravitational waves electromagnetic waves |
| Summary: | The physical properties of electromagnetic waves in the presence of a gravitational plane wave are analyzed. Formulas for the Stokes parameters describing the polarization of light are obtained in closed form. The particular case of a constant amplitude gravitational wave is worked out explicitly and it is shown that it produces a linear polarization of light. |
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