报告题目： Detecting High-Frequency Gravitational Waves in Planetary Magnetosphere
报 告 人： 张晨（博士后），香港科技大学
邀 请 人： 周思益
时 间： 2023年8月26号（星期六）11:00
地 点： 腾讯会议 和 重庆大学物理学院
摘要：High-frequency gravitational waves (HFGWs) carry a wealth of information on the early Universe with a tiny comoving Hubble horizon and astronomical objects of small scale but with dense energy. We demonstrate that the nearby planets, such as Earth and Jupiter, can be utilized as a laboratory for detecting the HFGWs. These GWs are then expected to convert to signal photons in the planetary magnetosphere, across the frequency band of astronomical observation. As a proof of concept, we present the first limits from the existing low-Earth-orbit satellite for specific frequency bands and project the sensitivities for the future more-dedicated detections. The first limits from Juno, the latest mission orbiting Jupiter, are also presented. Attributed to the long path of effective GW-photon conversion and the wide angular distribution of signal flux, we find that these limits are highly encouraging, for a broad range of frequencies including a large portion unexplored before.
