Detection of gravitational waves by electromagnetic radiation

1968 ◽  
Vol 210 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Heintzmann
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Gravitational Waves

Detecting Blackholes through Gravitational Waves

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles D. Bailyn
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
General Relativity ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Gravitational Radiation ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Current Technology

This chapter looks at the detection of black holes through gravitational waves. While further improvements can be expected in the ability to detect and measure electromagnetic radiation, it is possible that the next great advances in observational astrophysics will come from the detection of other kinds of information altogether. Currently, there is a great excitement about the possibility of directly detecting an entirely new “celestial messenger,” namely, gravitational radiation. The existence of gravitational waves is a prediction of general relativity, and current technology is very close to being able to detect them directly. The strongest sources of gravitational radiation are expected to be merging black holes. Since such mergers are expected to occur, both between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes, the detection of gravitational radiation would provide a new way not only to explore gravitational physics but also to look for and to study celestial black holes.

scholarly journals Binary Neutron Star and Short Gamma-Ray Burst Simulations in Light of GW170817

Galaxies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonios Nathanail
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Star ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Numerical Relativity ◽  
Gamma Ray Burst ◽  
Binary Neutron Star ◽  
The Status

In the dawn of the multi-messenger era of gravitational wave astronomy, which was marked by the first ever coincident detection of gravitational waves and electromagnetic radiation, it is important to take a step back and consider our current established knowledge. Numerical simulations of binary neutron star mergers and simulations of short GRB jets must combine efforts to understand such complicated and phenomenologically rich explosions. We review the status of numerical relativity simulations with respect to any jet or magnetized outflow produced after merger. We compare what is known from such simulations with what is used and obtained from short GRB jet simulations propagating through the BNS ejecta. We then review the established facts on this topic, as well as discuss things that need to be revised and further clarified.

scholarly journals Interaction between gravitational radiation and electromagnetic radiation

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (06) ◽  
pp. 1930010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preston Jones ◽  
Douglas Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Gravitational Wave ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Gravitational Radiation ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Feynman Diagrams

In this review paper, we investigate the connection between gravity and electromagnetism from Faraday to the present day. The particular focus is on the connection between gravitational and electromagnetic radiation. We discuss electromagnetic radiation produced when a gravitational wave passes through a magnetic field. We then discuss the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with gravitational waves via Feynman diagrams of the process [Formula: see text]. Finally, we review recent work on the vacuum production of counterpart electromagnetic radiation by gravitational waves.

scholarly journals Low frequency electromagnetic radiation from gravitational waves generated by neutron stars

2017 ◽  
Vol 96 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Preston Jones ◽  
Andri Gretarsson ◽  
Douglas Singleton
Keyword(s):  
Neutron Stars ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Low Frequency

scholarly journals An introduction to gravitational waves through electrodynamics: a quadrupole comparison

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glauber Carvalho Dorsch ◽  
Lucas Emanuel Antunes Porto
Keyword(s):  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Gravitational Waves ◽  
Quadrupole Moment ◽  
Radiation Emission ◽  
Transverse Modes ◽  
Stellar Formation ◽  
The Stability

Abstract We present a pedagogical introduction to some key computations in gravitational waves via a side-by-side comparison with the quadrupole contribution of electromagnetic radiation. Subtleties involving gauge choices and projections over transverse modes in the tensorial theory are made clearer by direct analogy with the vectorial counterpart. The power emitted by the quadrupole moment in both theories is computed, and the similarities as well as the origins of eventual discrepancies are discussed. Finally, we analyze the stability of bound systems under radiation emission, and discuss how the strength of the interactions can be established this way. We use the results to impose an anthropic bound on Newton's constant of order G < 3×104 Gobs, which is on par with similar constraints from stellar formation.

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