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Nonlinear interaction between electromagnetic and gravitational waves: An appraisal

Centro de Física Fundamental, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida 5101, Venezuela

Departamento de Física Teórica — Instituto de Física A. D. Tavares, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. R. São Francisco Xavier, 524. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil

E-mail Address: wobarreto@gmail.com

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H. P. de Oliveira

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1996-5016

Departamento de Física Teórica — Instituto de Física A. D. Tavares, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. R. São Francisco Xavier, 524. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20550-013, Brazil

E-mail Address: hp.deoliveira@pq.cnpq.br

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E. L. Rodrigues

Instituto de Biociências — Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Pasteur, 458 — Urca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-040, Brazil

E-mail Address: eduardo.rodrigues@unirio.br

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271817430179Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Wave propagation of field disturbances is ubiquitous. The electromagnetic and gravitational are cousin theories in which the corresponding waves play a relevant role to understand several related physical aspects. It has been established that small electromagnetic waves can generate gravitational waves and vice versa when scattered by a charged black hole. In the realm of cylindrical spacetimes, we present here a simple nonlinear effect of the conversion of electromagnetic to gravitational waves reflected by the amount of mass extracted from them.

This essay received an Honorable Mention in the 2017 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.

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PACS: 04.30.−w, 04.30.Nk, 04.25.Dm

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