The gravitational interaction of light: From weak to strong fields

DOI10.1023/A:1018867405133zbMATH Open0935.83005arXivgr-qc/9811052OpenAlexW3100725622MaRDI QIDQ1807360FDOQ1807360

Authors: Valerio Faraoni, R. M. Dumse 

Publication date: 18 November 1999

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

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

Cauchy horizonssuperposition of \(pp\)-waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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