Electromagnetic radiation induced by a gravitational wave
Abstract
The electromagnetic radiation induced by a gravitational wave incident on a point charge and a static point dipole is calculated using a multipole expansion of the fields. The calculation is easily extended to the case of a relativistic source. The presence of this radiation does not violate the principle of equivalence. Estimates are made of the electromagnetic radiation induced by a plane gravitational wave incident on a plasma. For hot plasmas the radiated power can be considerably enhanced; however, it is still rather small and the frequency of the radiation would probably be too low for this process to be of any astrophysical significance.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- January 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.11.248
- Bibcode:
- 1975PhRvD..11..248B
- Keywords:
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- Charged Particles;
- Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Gravitational Waves;
- Plasma Radiation;
- Wave Excitation;
- Astronomical Models;
- Free Fall;
- High Temperature Plasmas;
- Incident Radiation;
- Radiation Sources;
- Relativistic Effects;
- Traveling Charge;
- Astrophysics