Effect of a weak plane GW on a light beam
- 1 May 1992
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 9 (5), 1385-1394
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/9/5/019
Abstract
The effect of a weak plane gravitational wave on a beam of light is analysed by solving Maxwell's electromagnetic equations in a curved background geometry. The results are applied to the consideration of the function of laser-interferometric GW antennae.Keywords
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