Suppression of gravitational radiation

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/15/4/016MaRDI QIDQ4699644zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. B. Bonnor, M. S. Piper

Publication date 18 November 1999

Published in Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9703012

zbMATH Keywords

quadrupole radiation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions (83C40) Gravitational waves (83C35)

Abstract: We consider a burst of quadrupole gravitational radiation in the presence of a large static mass $M$ situated at its source. Some of the radiation is back-scattered off the static field of the large mass, forming a wave tail. After the burst, the tail is a pure incoming wave, carrying energy back towards the source. We calculate this energy, and, in a numerical example, compare it with the outgoing wave energy. If $M$ is sufficiently large the incoming energy can equal the outgoing energy, indicating that the primary outgoing wave is completely suppressed.

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