2002/09/10 by D. Papadopoulos, Demetrios B. Papadopoulos · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20021427
published as Astron.Astrophys.396:1045,2002 · 16 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
arxiv created 2002/09/10 · openalex publication_date 2002/12/01 · arxiv updated 2011/05/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
The equations that determine the response of a charged particle moving in a magnetic field to an incident gravitational wave (GW) are derived in the linearized approximation to general relativity. We briefly discuss several astrophysical applications of the derived formulae, taking into account the resonance between the wave and the particle's motion that occurs at , whenever the GW is parallel to the constant magnetic field. In the case where the GW is perpendicular to the constant magnetic field, magnetic resonances appear at and . Such a resonant mechanism may be useful in building models of GW-driven cyclotron emitters.