Nonlinear interaction between electromagnetic and gravitational waves: an appraisal

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. 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.

5 pages, 3 figures, awarded honorable mention in the Gravity Research Foundation 2017 essay competition

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