Episode 87: Unexpected Gravitational Waves

We talk about gravitational waves again, but this time, in ways you wouldn’t expect. Cormac tells us how you could use gravitational waves to study the interior of the Sun, if the alignment is just right. Sabrina explores whether gravitational waves could be detected by Earth’s magnetosphere through the Gertsenshtein effect. Simultaneously, we learn that Sabrina knows how to pronounce Russian names properly and Will isn’t the biggest fan of theory. 

Astrobites:

https://astrobites.org/2023/06/20/using-planetary-magnetospheres-to-detect-gravitational-waves/

https://astrobites.org/2023/11/11/using-gravitational-waves-to-peer-inside-of-the-sun/

Additional thematic material:

https://astrobites.org/2023/02/08/detecting-gravitational-waves-with-the-moon/

https://astrobites.org/2022/12/22/gravitational-wave-parallax/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117723009171?via%3Dihub

Space sound: https://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/sounds-of-the-sun/

Ultra-high-frequency gravitational wave conference: https://www.ctc.cam.ac.uk/activities/UHF-GW.php