Fast Magnetosonic Waves Driven by Gravitational Waves

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2001-07-03

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0107043v1

Astron.Astrophys. 377 (2001) 701

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

12 pages, 2 figures, Astronomy and Astrophysics in press

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20010839

The propagation of a gravitational wave (GW) through a magnetized plasma is considered. In particular, we study the excitation of fast magnetosonic waves (MSW) by a gravitational wave, using the linearized general-relativistic hydromagnetic equations. We derive the dispersion relation for the plasma, treating the gravitational wave as a perturbation in a Minkowski background space-time. We show that the presence of gravitational waves will drive magnetosonic waves in the plasma and discuss the potential astrophysical implications.

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