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 , 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.
Cite
@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