Maximally Symmetric Spin-Two Bitensors on $S^3$ and $H^3$
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-22 v2
Abstract
The transverse traceless spin-two tensor harmonics on and may be denoted by . The index labels the (degenerate) eigenvalues of the Laplacian and the other indices. We compute the bitensor where are distinct points on a sphere or hyperboloid of unit radius. These quantities may be used to find the correlation function of a stochastic background of gravitational waves in spatially open or closed Friedman-Robertson-Walker cosmologies.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9411023,
title = {Maximally Symmetric Spin-Two Bitensors on $S^3$ and $H^3$},
author = {Bruce Allen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9411023},
year = {2009}
}
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12 pages, RevTeX, uuencoded compressed .tex file, minor typos corrected