High-frequency gravitational waves having large spectral densities and their electromagnetic response

• Published in: Chinese physics B Vol. 22; no. 12; pp. 104 - 112
• Main Author: 李芳昱 文毫 方祯云
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.12.2013
• Subjects: Astronomical models; Cosmology; Energy density; Gravitational waves; Holes; Inverse; Joining; Large Hadron Collider; Superconductivity; 大型强子对撞机; 宇宙学模型; 电磁响应; 磁场耦合; 能量密度; 谱密度; 高能量; 高频引力波
• ISSN: 1674-1056; 2058-3834; 1741-4199
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/12/120402

Various cosmology models, brane oscillation scenarios, interaction of interstellar plasma with intense electromagnetic radiation, and even high-energy physics experiments （e.g., Large Hadron Collider （LHC）） all predict high frequency gravitational waves （HFGWs, i.e., high-energy gravitons） in the microwave band and higher frequency region, and some of them have large energy densities. Electromagnetic （EM） detection to such HFGWs would be suitable due to very high frequencies and large energy densities of the HFGWs. We review several typical EM detection schemes, i.e., inverse Gertsenshtein effect （G-effect）, coupling of the inverse G effect with a coherent EM wave, coupling of planar superconducting open cavity with a static magnetic field, cylindrical superconducting closed cavity, and the EM sychro-resonance system, and discuss related minimal detectable amplitudes and sensitivities. Furthermore, we give some new ideas and improvement ways enhancing the possibility of measuring the HFGWs. It is shown that there is still a large room for improvement for those schemes to approach and even reach up the requirement of detection of HFGWs expected by the cosmological models and high-energy astrophysical process.