Gravity's Light in the Shadow of the Moon

Andri Gretarsson, Preston Jones, Douglas Singleton

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Abstract

In this essay we look at the possibility of vacuum production of very low frequency electromagnetic radiation from a gravitational wave background (i.e. gravity's light). We also propose that this counterpart electromagnetic radiation should be detectable by a lunar orbiting satellite which is periodically occulted by the Moon (i.e. in the shadow of the Moon). For concreteness we consider the possibility of detection of both the gravitational wave and hypothesized electromagnetic radiation counterpart from the supernova core collapse of Betelgeuse.
Original languageAmerican English
JournalInternational Journal of Modern Physics D
Volume27
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 17 2018

Keywords

  • general relativity
  • quantum cosmology
  • gravitational waves
  • The Moon

Disciplines

  • Cosmology, Relativity, and Gravity
  • Atmospheric Sciences

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