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A geometrical phase shift is predicted for a light beam propagating in the field of a gravitational wave. Gravitational radiation detection experiments are proposed using this new effect, and the corresponding estimates are given.
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Mitskievich, N.V., Nesterov, A.I. Geometric phase shift for detection of gravitational radiation. Int J Theor Phys 35, 2645–2659 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02085770
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