Gravitational waves carrying orbital angular momentum

Abstract

Spinorial formalism is used to map every electromagnetic wave into the gravitational wave (within the linearized gravity). In this way we can obtain the gravitational counterparts of Bessel, Laguerre-Gauss, and other light beams carrying orbital angular momentum.

Keywords

• electromagnetic-gravitational correspondence
• beams carrying orbital angular momentum
• gravitational waves
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