1998/06/11 by Enrico Montanari · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #astro-ph #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/15/8/024
published as Class.Quant.Grav. 15 (1998) 2493-2507 · 13 pages; revtex; accepted for publication in Class. Quantum Grav
arxiv created 1998/06/11 · openalex publication_date 1998/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The propagation of free electromagnetic radiation in the field of a plane gravitational wave is investigated. A solution is found one order of approximation beyond the limit of geometrical optics in both the transverse-traceless (TT) gauge and Fermi normal coordinate (FNC) system. The results are applied to the study of polarization perturbations. Two experimental schemes are investigated in order to verify the possibility of observing these perturbations, but it is found that the effects are exceedingly small.