Email this article Plane Gravitational Waves, the Kinetic Energy of Free Particles and the Memory Effect
- Authors: Maluf J.W.1, Rocha-Neto J.F.1, Ulhoa S.C.1, Carneiro F.L.1
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Affiliations:
- Instituto de Física
- Issue: Vol 24, No 3 (2018)
- Pages: 261-266
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0202-2893/article/view/176202
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S020228931803009X
- ID: 176202
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Abstract
It is shown that in the passage of a short burst of nonlinear plane gravitational wave, the kinetic energy of free particles may either decrease or increase. The decrease or increase of the kinetic energy crucially depends on the initial conditions (position and velocity) of the a particle. Therefore a plane gravitational wave may extract energy from a physical system.
About the authors
J. W. Maluf
Instituto de Física
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Email: wadih@unb.br
Brazil, Brasília, DF, 70.919-970
J. F. Rocha-Neto
Instituto de Física
Email: wadih@unb.br
Brazil, Brasília, DF, 70.919-970
S. C. Ulhoa
Instituto de Física
Email: wadih@unb.br
Brazil, Brasília, DF, 70.919-970
F. L. Carneiro
Instituto de Física
Email: wadih@unb.br
Brazil, Brasília, DF, 70.919-970
