Stochastic background of relic scalar gravitational waves from scalar-tensor gravity
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
A stochastic background of relic gravitational waves is achieved by the so called adiabatically-amplified zero-point fluctuations process derived from early inflation. In principle, it provides a distinctive spectrum of relic gravitational waves. In the framework of scalar-tensor gravity, we discuss the scalar modes of gravitational waves and the primordial production of this scalar component which is generated beside tensorial one. We discuss also the upper limit for such a relic scalar component with respect to the WMAP constraints.
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@article{arxiv.0707.0368,
title = {Stochastic background of relic scalar gravitational waves from scalar-tensor gravity},
author = {S. Capozziello and Ch. Corda and M De Laurentis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0368},
year = {2008}
}
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7 pages, 1 figure