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Observable induced gravitational waves from an early matter phase

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Assuming that inflation is succeeded by a phase of matter domination, which corresponds to a low temperature of reheating Tr<109GeVT_r<10^9\rm{GeV}, we evaluate the spectra of gravitational waves induced in the post-inflationary universe. We work with models of hilltop-inflation with an enhanced primordial scalar spectrum on small scales, which can potentially lead to the formation of primordial black holes. We find that a lower reheat temperature leads to the production of gravitational waves with energy densities within the ranges of both space and earth based gravitational wave detectors.

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@article{arxiv.1303.4519,
  title  = {Observable induced gravitational waves from an early matter phase},
  author = {Laila Alabidi and Kazunori Kohri and Misao Sasaki and Yuuiti Sendouda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.4519},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

25 pages, 12 figures, v2 includes minor changes

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