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Claudio M. G. Sousa

Publications and source records attributed to Claudio M. G. Sousa.

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arXiv2019

The Laser Gravitational Compass

Using the observational properties of Einstein's gravitational field it is shown that a minimum of four non-coplanar mass probes are necessary for the Michelson and Morley interferometer to detect gravitational waves within the context of General Relativity. With fewer probes, some alternative theories of gravitation can also explain the observations. The conversion of the existing gravitational wave detectors to four probes is also suggested.

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arXiv2016

Omnidirectional Gravitational Wave Detector with a Laser-Interferometric Gravitational Compass

Based on the Szekeres-Pirani gravitational compass we suggest the addition of a fourth, non-coplanar mass/mirror to the presently existing laser based gravitational wave observatories, enabling them to operate omnidirectionally, to filter out ambiguous interpretations and to point out the direction of the gravitational wave source.

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