Electromagnetic phenomena induced by weak gravitational fields. Foundations for a possible gravitational wave detector

Electromagnetic radiation induced by a gravitational wave

Possible tests of curvature effects in weak gravitational fields

We analyze the possibility of detecting, with optical methods, particle and photon trajectories predicted by general relativity for a weak spherically-symmetric gravitational field. We discuss the required sensitivities and the possibility of performing specific experiments on the Earth.

A quantum-enhanced prototype gravitational-wave detector

K. GODA1, O. MIYAKAWA2, E. E. MIKHAILOV3, S. SARAF4, R. ADHIKARI2, K. MCKENZIE5, R. WARD2, S. VASS2, A. J. WEINSTEIN2 AND N. MAVALVALA1* LIGO Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187, USA Rochester Instit...

Parity Violating Gravitational Coupling of Electromagnetic Fields

A manifestly gauge invariant formulation of the coupling of the Maxwell theory with an Einstein Cartan geometry is given, where the space time torsion originates from a massless Kalb-Ramond field augmented by suitable U(1) Chern Simons terms. We focus on the situation where the torsion violates parity, and relate it to earlier proposals for gravitational parity violation. Electronic address: pa...

Gravitational wave detector with cosmological reach

Citation Dwyer, Sheila, et al. "Gravitational wave detector with cosmological reach. Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Twenty years ago, construction...