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On the detection of low frequency gravitational waves, M.E. Gertsenshtein and V.I. Pustovoit – JETP Vol. 43 pp. 605–607 (August 1962) Note: This is the first paper proposing the use of interferometers for the detection of gravitational waves. Wave resonance of light and gravitational waves – M.E. Gertsenshtein – JETP Vol. 41 pp. 113 ...
A typical microlensing light curve is shown below: Typical light curve of gravitational microlensing event (OGLE-2005-BLG-006) with its model fitted (red) A typical microlensing event like this one has a very simple shape, and only one physical parameter can be extracted: the time scale, which is related to the lens mass, distance, and velocity.
Gravitational lenses act equally on all kinds of electromagnetic radiation, not just visible light, and also in non-electromagnetic radiation, like gravitational waves. Weak lensing effects are being studied for the cosmic microwave background as well as galaxy surveys .
Supernova explosions—the gravitational collapse of massive stars at the end of their lives—emit gravitational radiation that may be seen by current interferometers. [23] A multi-messenger detection (electromagnetic and gravitational radiation, and neutrinos) would help to better understand the supernova process and the formation of black ...
Solar gravitational lens point, on a logarithmic scale. A solar gravitational lens or solar gravity lens (SGL) is a theoretical method of using the Sun as a large lens with a physical effect called gravitational lensing. [1] It is considered one of the best methods to directly image habitable exoplanets.
Gravitational waves transport energy as gravitational radiation, a form of radiant energy similar to electromagnetic radiation. [7] Newton's law of universal gravitation , part of classical mechanics , does not provide for their existence, instead asserting that gravity has instantaneous effect everywhere.
A passing gravitational wave will slightly stretch one arm as it shortens the other. This is precisely the motion to which a Michelson interferometer is most sensitive. [citation needed] Even with such long arms, the strongest gravitational waves will only change the distance between the ends of the arms by at most roughly 10 −18 meters.
Direct applications of the radiation pressure force in these fields are, for example, laser cooling (the subject of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics), [5] quantum control of macroscopic objects and atoms (2012 Nobel Prize in Physics), [6] interferometry (2017 Nobel Prize in Physics) [7] and optical tweezers (2018 Nobel Prize in Physics). [8]