3 papers
gr-qc2026
Where are linearized gauge invariants encoded for plane waves in linearized gravity?
R. Radhakrishnan, D. McNutt, D. Mirfendereski +3
The Newman--Penrose (NP) formalism is traditionally used to analyze the polarization content of gravitational waves, while the gauge-invariant Bardeen formalism provides a compleme…
gr-qc2026
Scalar-Field Wave Dynamics and Quasinormal Modes of the Teo Rotating Wormhole
Ramesh Radhakrishnan, Gerald Cleaver, Delaram Mirfendereski +2
We investigate scalar field perturbations of the rotating Teo wormhole. We also compute the quasinormal mode (QNM) spectrum using first order WKB approximation. After separation of…
gr-qc2026
Gauge-Invariant Gravitational Wave Polarization in Metric f(R) Gravity with Cosmological Implications
Ramesh Radhakrishnan, David McNutt, Delaram Mirfendereski +4
We develop a fully gauge invariant analysis of gravitational wave polarizations in metric f(R) gravity with a particular focus on the modified Starobinsky model, whose constant cur…