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TASI Lectures on Gravitational Waves from the Early Universe

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

These lectures discuss how the direct detection of gravitational waves can be used to probe the very early Universe. We review the main cosmological mechanisms which could have produced relic gravitational waves, and compare theoretical predictions with capabilities and time scales of current and upcoming experiments.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0303085,
  title  = {TASI Lectures on Gravitational Waves from the Early Universe},
  author = {Alessandra Buonanno},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0303085},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

37 pages, 8 figures; typos corrected