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Pulsar timing array observations as possible hints for nonsingular cosmology

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2023-09-14 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Recent pulsar timing array (PTA) experiments have reported strong evidence of the stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB). If interpreted as primordial gravitational waves (GWs), the signal favors a strongly blue-tilted spectrum. Consequently, the nonsingular cosmology, which is able to predict a strongly blue-tilted GW spectrum with nT2n_T \simeq 2 on certain scales, offers a potential explanation for the observed SGWB signal. In this paper, we present a Genesis-inflation model capable of explaining the SGWB signal observed by the PTA collaborations while also overcoming the initial singularity problem associated with the inflationary cosmology. Furthermore, our model predicts distinctive features in the SGWB spectrum, which might be examined by forthcoming space-based gravitational wave experiments.

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@article{arxiv.2307.16211,
  title  = {Pulsar timing array observations as possible hints for nonsingular cosmology},
  author = {Mian Zhu and Gen Ye and Yong Cai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.16211},
  year   = {2023}
}

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20 pages, 8 figures; references added, published in EPJC

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