Gravitational clock compass and the detection of gravitational waves

TL;DR

This paper introduces a gravitational clock compass method for detecting gravitational waves, providing explicit setups in specific spacetime geometries, enhancing gravitational wave detection techniques.

Contribution

It offers a new derivation of the gravitational clock compass and demonstrates its application in detecting gravitational waves in particular spacetime scenarios.

Findings

Explicit compass configurations for plane gravitational waves

Detection of gravitational waves using clock-based measurements

Enhanced understanding of gravitational wave detection methods

Abstract

We present an alternative derivation of the gravitational clock compass and show how such a device can be used for the detection of gravitational waves. Explicit compass setups are constructed in special types of space--times, namely for exact plane gravitational waves and for waves moving radially relative to an observer.