On the polarization of nonlinear gravitational waves

Details On the polarization of nonlinear gravitational waves On the polarization of nonlinear gravitational waves

2011-09-30

arxiv.org/abs/1110.0051v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

3 pages

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We derive a relation between the two polarization modes of a plane, linear gravitational wave in the second-order approximation. Since these two polarizations are not independent, an initially monochromatic gravitational wave loses its periodic character due to the nonlinearity of the Einstein field equations. Accordingly, real gravitational waves may differ from solutions of the linearized field equations, which are being assumed in gravitational-wave detectors.

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