Interaction of Gravitational Waves with Superconductors

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Abstract

Applying the Helmholtz Decomposition theorem to linearized General Relativity leads to a gauge-invariant formulation where the transverse-traceless part of the metric perturbation describes gravitational waves in matter. Gravitational waves incident on a superconductor can be described by a linear London-like constituent equation characterized by a ``gravitational shear modulus'' and a corresponding plasma frequency and penetration depth. It is shown that in the DC limit, the gravitational wave field is expelled from the superconductor in a gravitational Meissner-like effect.

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Authors

  • Nader Inan

    University of California, Merced

  • Ethan Anderes

    UC Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - ALS, National Institute of Standards and Technology - NCNR, Univ of California - Davis, University of California, Davis, California State University, Long Beach, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Merced, UC Merced, U Central Florida, Paul Scherrer Institute, Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, Hartnell Comm Coll, University of Michigan, University of Nevada, Reno, National Security Technologies LLC, Livermore, California, Humboldt State University, Stanford University, San Diego State Univ, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University Of Nevada Reno, Univ of Nevada - Reno, University of Chicago, Physics Department of the University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA, Institute for Academic Initiatives, PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Institute for Academic Initiatives, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Department of Physics, UC Davis, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Univeristy of California Irvine, 92697, Department of Chemistry and of Physics, Univeristy of California Irvine, 92697, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100, Einstein Centre for Local-Realistic Physics, Cal State Long Beach, University of nevada, Reno, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, University of Maryland, CERN, Univ of California, Davis

  • Ethan Anderes

    UC Davis, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - ALS, National Institute of Standards and Technology - NCNR, Univ of California - Davis, University of California, Davis, California State University, Long Beach, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Merced, UC Merced, U Central Florida, Paul Scherrer Institute, Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, Hartnell Comm Coll, University of Michigan, University of Nevada, Reno, National Security Technologies LLC, Livermore, California, Humboldt State University, Stanford University, San Diego State Univ, Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University Of Nevada Reno, Univ of Nevada - Reno, University of Chicago, Physics Department of the University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA, Institute for Academic Initiatives, PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, PPC and Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Institute for Academic Initiatives, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, Department of Physics, UC Davis, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Univeristy of California Irvine, 92697, Department of Chemistry and of Physics, Univeristy of California Irvine, 92697, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 76100, Einstein Centre for Local-Realistic Physics, Cal State Long Beach, University of nevada, Reno, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, University of Maryland, CERN, Univ of California, Davis