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On the dispersion of gravitational waves

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The propagation of gravitational waves in cold matter has been analyzed in the geometrical-optics approximation showing no difference from the propagationin vacuum. In a cosmological background a plasmalike dispersion relation has been shown to appear in the postgeometrical optics approximation only. A qualitative discussion of the physical meaning of the present result is given and compared with previous works.

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  1. D. Trevese

    Present address: Osservatorio Astronomico di Monte Mario, via del Parco Mellini, Rome, Italy

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  1. Istituto di Fisica dell'Università, Piazzale delle Scienze, 5, Rome, Italy

    F. Sacchetti

  2. Gruppo Nazionale di Struttura della Materia del C.N.R., Unità della Casaccia, Rome, Italy

    F. Sacchetti

  3. Istituto di Fisica dell'Università, Piazzale delle Science, 5, Rome, Italy

    D. Trevese

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Sacchetti, F., Trevese, D. On the dispersion of gravitational waves. Gen Relat Gravit 10, 947–952 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756759

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