Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2004-06-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
36 pages, 2 figures, written in RevTeX, submitted to Physical Review D
Scientific paper
There now exists in the literature two different expressions for the phase shift of a matter-wave interferometer caused by the passage of a gravitation wave. The first, a commonly accepted expression that was first derived in the 1970s, is based on the traditional geodesic equation of motion (EOM) for a test particle. The second, a more recently derived expression, is based on the geodesic deviation EOM. The power-law dependence on the frequency of the gravitational wave for both expressions for the phase shift is different, which indicates fundamental differences in the physics on which these calculations are based. Here we compare the two approaches by presenting a series of side-by-side calculations of the phase shift for one specific matter-wave-interferometer configuration that uses atoms as the interfering particle. By looking at the low-frequency limit of the different expressions for the phase shift obtained, we find that the phase shift calculated via the geodesic deviation EOM is correct, and the ones calculated via the geodesic EOM are not.
Chiao Raymond Y.
Speliotopoulos Achilles D.
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