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Constraints on Dark Energy from the Gravitational Wave Background

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-11-07 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

Current observational data indicate that dark energy (DE) is a cosmological constant without considering its conclusiveness evidence. Considering the dynamic nature of Λ\Lambda individually as a function of time and the scale factor, we review their effects on the gravitational waves. This article is a continuation of the previous work \textit{JHEAp 36 (2022) 48-54}, in which DE only was based on Hubble's parameter and/or its derivatives. For the DE model based on the scale factor (ama^{-m}), the results showed that the parameter mm is more limited as 2<m3 2 < m \leqslant 3 compared with the other models and due to the small value of DE density at the early universe. It is only in the mode m=3m=3 that DE affects the low-frequency gravitational waves when its frequency is less than the 10310^{-3}Hz in a matter-dominated epoch. The broad bound on reducing the amplitude and the "B-B" polarization multipole coefficients, from maximum to minimum, is for the models developed based on the Hubble parameter function. There are primary sources of low- and very low-frequency GWs, such as the coalescence of massive black hole binaries with Mbh>103MsunM_{bh} > 10^{3} M_{sun}, to determine the type of DE by mHz frequency space experiments (e.g., LISA) and by nHz-range NANOGrav 15-year data.

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@article{arxiv.2311.03093,
  title  = {Constraints on Dark Energy from the Gravitational Wave Background},
  author = {Jafar Khodagholizadeh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.03093},
  year   = {2023}
}

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24 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2208.06844