Reflection of electromagnetic waves from mixtures of plane gravitational and scalar waves

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dc.creatorGurtug, Ozay
dc.creatorHalilsoy, Mustafa
dc.creatorUnver, Ozlem
dc.date2006-08-02
dc.date2006-08-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T07:20:09Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T07:20:09Z
dc.descriptionWe consider colliding wave packets consisting of hybrid mixtures of electromagnetic, gravitational and scalar waves. Irrespective of the scalar field, the electromagnetic wave still reflects from the gravitational wave. Some reflection processes are given for different choice of packets in which the Coulomb-like component $Ψ_2$ vanishes. Exact solution for multiple reflection of an electromagnetic wave from successive impulsive gravitational waves is obtained in a closed form. It is shown that a succesive sign flip in the Maxwell spinor arises as a result of encountering with an impulsive train (i.e. the Dirac's comb curvature) of gravitational waves. Such an observable effect may be helpful in the detection of gravitational wave bursts.
dc.description20 pages, 3 ps figures, small typos corrected, published version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0608011
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0608011
dc.identifierPhys.Rev. D74 (2006) 044020
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.74.044020
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/114870
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleReflection of electromagnetic waves from mixtures of plane gravitational and scalar waves
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