Radiation from highly relativistic geodesicsA number of recent works are reviewed concerning the generation and emission of gravitational waves. It is shown that at high frequencies, the generation of gravitational radiation is a local phenomenon. Two examples are described illustrating this generation when a high-energy particle collides against the space-time curvature. One, after Matzner and Nutku, uses a method of virtual photons; the other, after Chrzanowski and Misner, is based on the W.K.B. approximation, corresponding to geometric optics, for the inhomogeneous wave equation. This method uses a factorized integral representation of the Green function which is valid asymptotically to infinity in space.
Document ID
19750042685
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Misner, C. W.
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1974
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Gravitational waves and radiations; International Conference