2006/10/27 by G. Congedo, F. De Paolis, P. Longo +4 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Detector #Diffraction #Gravitational energy #Gravitational wave #Gravitational-wave observatory #Optics #Physics #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Radio Astronomy Observations and Technology #Scintillation #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0218271806009248
published in International Journal of Modern Physics D 15(11), 1937-1945 (World Scientific) · 9 pages, in press in IJMP D
arxiv created 2006/10/27 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/01 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The diffraction effects on gravitational waves propagating through a stellar cluster are analyzed in the relevant approximation of Fresnel diffraction limit. We find that a gravitational wave scintillation effect — similar to the radio source scintillation effect — comes out naturally, implying that the gravitational wave intensity changes in a characteristic way as the observer moves.