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Gravitational Memory: an approximate description
Abstract
Plane gravitational waves play a role both in relativistic and in non-relativisitic physics, highlighted by two different mass parameters. The large-distance behaviour of a sandwich gravitational wave can be approximated by a continuous but not necessarily smooth profile, providing us with a simplified description of particle motion. Our model is consistent with the Carroll symmetry. Our strategy is illustrated by the Pöschl-Teller profile. The limitations of the sandwich approximation are discussed.
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BibTeX
@misc{zhao2026gravitational,
title = {{Gravitational Memory: an approximate description}},
author = {Q. -L. Zhao and P. -M. Zhang and M. Elbistan and J. Balog and P. A. Horvathy},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.39694},
eprint = {2609.39694},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.39694},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Gravitational Memory: an approximate description
AU - Q. -L. Zhao
AU - P. -M. Zhang
AU - M. Elbistan
AU - J. Balog
AU - P. A. Horvathy
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/22
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.39694
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.39694
AB - Plane gravitational waves play a role both in relativistic and in non-relativisitic physics, highlighted by two different mass parameters. The large-distance behaviour of a sandwich gravitational wave can be approximated by a continuous but not necessarily smooth profile, providing us with a simplified description of particle motion. Our model is consistent with the Carroll symmetry. Our strategy is illustrated by the Pöschl-Teller profile. The limitations of the sandwich approximation are discussed.
ER -