Testing General Relativity with Spherical Resonant Mass Detectors

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<p> Gravitational waves in <i>f</i>(<i>R</i>) gravity excite monopole and m = 0&plusmn;2 quadrupole resonance modes of a spherical detector. This document reviews the basic ideas of general relativity and gravitational waves, and then applies those concepts to an <i>f</i>(<i> R</i>) gravitational wave. The acoustic response of a GW incident with a spherical detector is reviewed in detail, and the absorption cross section for an <i>f</i>(<i>R</i>) GW impinging on the spherical detector is calculated. Minimum detectable scalar wave amplitudes are explored for the Mario Schenberg detector. The mass of the scalar mode affects its detectability.</p>

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Astrophysics|Physics

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:PROQUEST/oai:pqdtoai.proquest.com:10002423
Date	04 February 2016
Creators	Sylvester, Alex J.
Publisher	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Source Sets	ProQuest.com
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	thesis