Electromagnetic Radiation From Temporal Variations in Space-Time and Progenitors of Gamma Ray Burst and Millisecond Pulsars

Authors

Preston Jones, University of Louisiana at MonroeFollow

Submitting Campus

Prescott

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

11-2007

Abstract/Description

A time varying space–time metric is shown to be a source of electromagnetic radiation even in the absence of charge sources. The post-Newtonian approximation is used as a realistic model of the connection between the space–time metric and a time-varying gravitational potential. Rapid temporal variations in the metric from the coalescence of relativistic stars are shown to be likely progenitors of gamma ray burst and millisecond pulsars.

Publication Title

International Journal of Modern Physics D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271807011164

Publisher

World Scientific

Additional Information

Dr. Jones was not affiliated with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at the time this paper was published.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Jones, P. (2007). Electromagnetic Radiation From Temporal Variations in Space-Time and Progenitors of Gamma Ray Burst and Millisecond Pulsars. International Journal of Modern Physics D, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271807011164