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London-like tensor modes of gravitational waves in cosmic string cosmology

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2023-11-30 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics

Abstract

From a classical analysis, we show that gravitational waves in a cosmological medium with equation of state ω=1/3\omega=-1/3 can follow a London-like equation, implying that some gravitational wave solutions present a decay for certain wavelengths. This scenario, corresponding to a cosmic string cosmology, induces an attenuation temporal scale on the gravitational wave propagation. We discuss on how these solutions impose a limit on the wavelength of the waves that can propagate, which depends on the type of spatial curvature and the energy density content of this type of cosmology.

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@article{arxiv.2304.14222,
  title  = {London-like tensor modes of gravitational waves in cosmic string cosmology},
  author = {Claudio Aravena-Plaza and Víctor Muñoz and Felipe A. Asenjo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.14222},
  year   = {2023}
}