Tensor induced gravitational waves
Abstract
Primordial gravitational waves on small scales are not tightly constrained by current cosmological observations, which allows for the possibility of large amplitudes at small scales. We investigate second-order tensor induced gravitational waves (TIGWs) sourced by primordial gravitational waves and present the corresponding corrections to the total energy density spectrum of gravitational wave. We analyze primordial gravitational waves with large amplitudes generated by various models at small scales. Our results indicate that when primordial gravitational waves on small scales sufficiently dominate the current PTA observations, corrections to the total energy density spectrum from second-order TIGWs may become pronounced in certain frequency bands.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.22688,
title = {Tensor induced gravitational waves},
author = {Fei-Yu Chen and Jing-Zhi Zhou and Di Wu and Zhi-Chao Li and Peng-Yu Wu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.22688},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
19 pages, 16 figures, 2 tables