The gravitational interaction of light: From weak to strong fields

DOI10.1023/A:1018867405133zbMATH Open0935.83005OpenAlexW3100725622MaRDI QIDQ1807360FDOQ1807360

Authors Valerio Faraoni, R. M. Dumse

Publication date 18 November 1999

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9811052

zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy horizonssuperposition of \(pp\)-waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic interaction; quantum electrodynamics (81V10) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: An explanation is proposed for the fact that pp-waves superpose linearly when they propagate parallely, while they interact nonlinearly, scatter and form singularities or Cauchy horizons if they are antiparallel. Parallel pp-waves do interact, but a generalized gravitoelectric force is exactly cancelled by a gravitomagnetic force. In an analogy, the interaction of light beams in linearized general relativity is also revisited and clarified, a new result is obtained for photon to photon attraction, and a conjecture is proved. Given equal energy density in the beams, the light-to-light attraction is twice the matter-to-light attraction and four times the matter-to-matter attraction.

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