The memory effect for plane gravitational waves

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.050

	The memory effect for plane gravitational waves
	Zhang, P. -M.1; Duval, C.2; Gibbons, G. W.3,4,5,6; Horvathy, P. A.1,4
刊名	PHYSICS LETTERS B
	2017-09-10
卷号	772 页码:743-746
ISSN号	0370-2693
DOI	10.1016/j.physletb.2017.07.050
英文摘要	We give an account of the gravitational memory effect in the presence of the exact plane wave solution of Einstein's vacuum equations. This allows an elementary but exact description of the soft gravitons and how their presence may be detected by observing the motion of freely falling particles. The theorem of Bondi and Pirani on caustics (for which we present a new proof) implies that the asymptotic relative velocity is constant but not zero, in contradiction with the permanent displacement claimed by Zel'dovich and Polnarev. A non-vanishing asymptotic relative velocity might be used to detect gravitational waves through the "velocity memory effect", considered by Braginsky, Thorne, Grishchuk, and Polnarev. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[11575254]
WOS关键词	GENERAL-RELATIVITY ; RADIATION ; BURSTS
WOS研究方向	Astronomy & Astrophysics ; Physics
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
WOS记录号	WOS:000411369700106
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.186/handle/113462/45895]
专题	中国科学院近代物理研究所
通讯作者	Duval, C.
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Modern Phys, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China 2.Univ Toulon & Var, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, CPT, Marseille, France 3.Univ Cambridge, DAMTP, Cambridge, England 4.Univ Tours, Lab Math & Phys Theor, Tours, France 5.Loire Valley Inst Adv Studies, LE STUDIUM, Tours, France 6.Loire Valley Inst Adv Studies, LE STUDIUM, Orleans, France
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, P. -M.,Duval, C.,Gibbons, G. W.,et al. The memory effect for plane gravitational waves[J]. PHYSICS LETTERS B,2017,772:743-746.
APA	Zhang, P. -M.,Duval, C.,Gibbons, G. W.,&Horvathy, P. A..(2017).The memory effect for plane gravitational waves.PHYSICS LETTERS B,772,743-746.
MLA	Zhang, P. -M.,et al."The memory effect for plane gravitational waves".PHYSICS LETTERS B 772(2017):743-746.