Gravitational Synchrotron Radiation in the Schwarzschild Geometry
Charles W. MisnerCenter for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742R. A. BreuerCenter for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742Dieter R. BrillCenter for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742Paul L. ChrzanowskiCenter for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742H.G. HughesCenter for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742C. Martin PereiraCenter for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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Abstract
The existence of a mechanism for gravitational synchrotron radiation is demonstrated in solutions of the wave equation in the Schwarzschild background, with the source a particle in a highly relativistic circular geodesic. The main features (high-frequency harmonics, narrow angular distribution in latitude) are shown to hold for vector (electromagnetic) and tensor (gravitational) radiations, which are expected to be strongly polarized in the orbit plane. Detailed formulas for the spectrum are given in the scalar case.
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