Response of massive bodies to gravitational waves

dc.creatorHannibal, Ludger
dc.creatorWarkall, Jens
dc.date2000-04-17
dc.date2000-09-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:24:53Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:24:53Z
dc.descriptionThe response of a massive body to gravitational waves is described on the microscopic level. The results shed a new light on the commonly used oscillator model. It is shown that apart from the non-resonant tidal motion the energy transfer from a gravitational wave to an electromagnetically coupled body is in general restricted to the surface, whereas gravitational coupling gives rise to bulk excitation of quadrupole modes, but several orders of magnitude smaller. These results do not contradict standard theory, rather present a different viewpoint. A microscopic detector making use of the effect is suggested.
dc.description16 pages. In the revised version it is shown that the results do not contradict standard theory in any way
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0004053
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0004053
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/33508
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleResponse of massive bodies to gravitational waves
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