Response of massive bodies to gravitational waves

Details Response of massive bodies to gravitational waves Response of massive bodies to gravitational waves

2000-04-17

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0004053v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

16 pages. In the revised version it is shown that the results do not contradict standard theory in any way

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The response of a massive body to gravitational waves is described on the microscopic level. The results shed a new light on the commonly used oscillator model. It is shown that apart from the non-resonant tidal motion the energy transfer from a gravitational wave to an electromagnetically coupled body is in general restricted to the surface, whereas gravitational coupling gives rise to bulk excitation of quadrupole modes, but several orders of magnitude smaller. These results do not contradict standard theory, rather present a different viewpoint. A microscopic detector making use of the effect is suggested.

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