Interaction of light with gravitational waves

• Autores: S. Hacyan
• Localización: Revista Mexicana de Física, ISSN-e 0035-001X, Vol. 60, Nº. 3, 2014, págs. 253-256
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The physical properties of electromagnetic waves in the presence of a gravitational plane wave are analyzed. Formulas for the Stokes parameters describing the polarization of light are obtained in closed form. The particular case of a constant amplitude gravitational wave is worked out explicitly and it is shown that it produces a linear polarization of light.