Interaction of Gravitational Waves with Quantum Coherent Systems
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Accelerating masses are predicted to emit radiation as gravitational waves. It has been suggested that these waves may interact differently with quantum mechanical systems than with classical matter. The possibility that a quantum system may act as a novel transducer between electromagnetism and gravitational waves is investigated. A proposed mechanism for interconversion between the two fields is studied whereby a term due to the presence of the gravitational field appears in the Hamiltonian of the quantum mechanical system. The term is analogous to the vector potential of the electromagnetic field to which it is seen to couple.
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