Gravitational wave scintillation by a stellar cluster
arXiv:astro-ph/0610830 · doi:10.1142/S0218271806009248
Abstract
The diffraction effects on gravitational waves propagating through a stellar cluster are analyzed in the relevant approximation of Fresnel diffraction limit. We find that a gravitational wave scintillation effect - similar to the radio source scintillation effect - comes out naturally, implying that the gravitational wave intensity changes in a characteristic way as the observer moves.
9 pages, in press in IJMP D
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