Summary
A quantum-mechanical calculation is carried out of the response of arealistic gravitational antenna to an incoming gravitational wave. No appreciable difference is found from the classical calculation of Ruffini and Wheeler. Weber–s contention of a possible large quantummechanical enhancement, though correct in principle, is seen to be totallyunrealistic.
Riassunto
Si è eseguito un calcolo quantistico della risposta di un–antenna gravitazionalerealistica ad un–onda gravitazionale. Non si è rilevata alcuna differenza apprezzabile dal calcolo classico di Ruffini e Wheeler. Si dimostra che la possibilità, indicata da Weber, di una considerevole amplifïcazione quantistica, anche se corretta in linea di principio, è del tuttoirrealistica.
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Предлагается квантовомеханическ ое вычисление отклика реалистической гравитационной антенны на падающую гравитационную волну. Не обнаружено заметных отличий от классического вычисления Руффини и Вилера. Утверждение Вебера о возможном большом квантовомеханмческ ом превымением над фоном, в принципе правильное, по-видимому, является полностью нереалистичным.
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Preparata, G. Quantum mechanics of a gravitational antenna. Nuov Cim B 101, 625–636 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02748965
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