Observatoire d'ondes gravitationnellesEn astronomie, un observatoire d'ondes gravitationnelles (on parle aussi de détecteur d'ondes gravitationnelles) est un système destiné à détecter et mesurer les ondes gravitationnelles. Un moyen relativement simple d'observer ces ondes est connu sous le nom de barre de Weber : sous l'effet d'une onde gravitationnelle, l'espace-temps se déforme très légèrement. Ainsi, un objet est également déformé - on peut alors déduire l'intensité et la provenance de l'onde.
Pp-wave spacetimeIn general relativity, the pp-wave spacetimes, or pp-waves for short, are an important family of exact solutions of Einstein's field equation. The term pp stands for plane-fronted waves with parallel propagation, and was introduced in 1962 by Jürgen Ehlers and Wolfgang Kundt. The pp-waves solutions model radiation moving at the speed of light. This radiation may consist of: electromagnetic radiation, gravitational radiation, massless radiation associated with Weyl fermions, massless radiation associated with some hypothetical distinct type relativistic classical field, or any combination of these, so long as the radiation is all moving in the same direction.
MagnonicsMagnonics is an emerging field of modern magnetism, which can be considered a sub-field of modern solid state physics. Magnonics combines the study of waves and magnetism. Its main aim is to investigate the behaviour of spin waves in nano-structure elements. In essence, spin waves are a propagating re-ordering of the magnetisation in a material and arise from the precession of magnetic moments. Magnetic moments arise from the orbital and spin moments of the electron, most often it is this spin moment that contributes to the net magnetic moment.
