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The extragalactic background of gravitational waves produced by tri-axial rotating neutron stars was calculated, under the assumption that the properties of the underlying pulsar population are the same of those of the galactic population,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 T. Regimbau , J. A. de Freitas Pacheco

We investigate the gravitational wave background induced by the first order scalar perturbations in the curvaton models. We consider the quadratic and axion-like curvaton potential which can generate the blue-tilted power spectrum of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-09 Masahiro Kawasaki , Naoya Kitajima , Shuichiro Yokoyama

We study the possibility that particle production during inflation could source observable gravity waves on scales relevant for Cosmic Microwave Background experiments. A crucial constraint on such scenarios arises because particle…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Neil Barnaby , Jordan Moxon , Ryo Namba , Marco Peloso , Gary Shiu , Peng Zhou

We discuss some peculiar properties of the stochastic graviton background predicted by string cosmology. At Planckian times, for the values of the parameters of the model which are more interesting for the detection in gravitational wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-09-09 Michele Maggiore

The primordial fluctuations on large scales are adiabatic, but on smaller scales this need not be the case. Here we derive the general analytical framework to compute the stochastic gravitational wave background induced by primordial cold…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-22 Guillem Domènech , Samuel Passaglia , Sébastien Renaux-Petel

Several mechanisms exist for generating a stochastic background of gravitational waves in the period following inflation. These mechanisms are generally classical in nature, with the gravitational waves being produced from inhomogeneities…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Larry R. Price , Xavier Siemens

Gravitational waves have become an irreplaceable tool for exploring the post-inflationary universe. Their cosmological and astrophysical origins have been attracting numerous attention. In this Letter, we point out a novel source of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-03-19 Shinya Kanemura , Kunio Kaneta

This paper calculates the stochastic gravitational wave background from dark binaries with finite-range attractive dark forces, complementing previous works which consider long-range dark forces. The finiteness of the dark force range can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-12-20 Yang Bai , Sida Lu , Nicholas Orlofsky

We point out that there is a high-frequency tail of the stochastic inflationary gravitational wave background that scales as $f^{-1/2}$ with frequency $f$. This contribution comes from the graviton vacuum fluctuation amplified by the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-18 Yohei Ema , Ryusuke Jinno , Kazunori Nakayama

Gravitational waves (GWs) originating from cosmological sources offer direct insights into the physics of the primordial Universe, the fundamental nature of gravity, and the cosmic expansion of the Universe. In this review paper, we present…

In massive scalar-tensor gravity, core-collapse supernovae are strong sources of scalar-polarized gravitational waves. These can be detectable out to large distance. The dispersive nature of the propagation of waves in the massive scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-10 Roxana Rosca-Mead , Michalis Agathos , Christopher J. Moore , Ulrich Sperhake

Gravitational waves induced by large primordial curvature fluctuations may result in a sizable stochastic gravitational wave background. Interestingly, curvature fluctuations are gradually generated by initial isocurvature fluctuations,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-11-06 Guillem Domènech

The existence of scalar fields can be probed by observations of stochastic gravitational waves. Scalar fields mediate attractive forces, usually stronger than gravity, on the length scales shorter than their Compton wavelengths, which can…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-11 Marcos M. Flores , Alexander Kusenko , Misao Sasaki

Gravitational waves are a unique probe of the early Universe, as the Universe is transparent to gravitational radiation right back to the end of inflation. In this article, we summarise detection prospects and the wide scope of primordial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-09-09 Rishav Roshan , Graham White

The stochastic background of gravitational wave signals arising from the core-collapse supernovae is produced through various complex mechanisms that need detailed and careful investigation. We proposed a simplified multi-peak waveform of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-27 Sourav Roy Chowdhury , Maxim Khlopov

Primordial gravitational waves (GWs) with frequencies > 10^{-15} Hz contribute to the radiation density of the Universe at the time of decoupling of the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The effects of this GW background on the CMB and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Tristan L. Smith , Elena Pierpaoli , Marc Kamionkowski

Dark gauge fields have been discussed as candidates for dark matter recently. If they existed, primordial dark magnetic fields during inflation would have existed. It is believed that primordial gravitational waves (PGWs) arise out of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-09 Sugumi Kanno , Ann Mukuno , Jiro Soda , Kazushige Ueda

Models of string cosmology predict a stochastic background of gravitational waves with a spectrum that is strongly tilted towards high frequencies. I give simple approximate expressions for spectral densities of the cosmic background which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-02-03 Ram Brustein

Inflation generates gravitational waves, which may be observable in the low multipoles of the cosmic microwave background (cmb) anisotropy but only if the inflaton field variation is at least of order the Planck scale. Such a large…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 David H. Lyth

We discuss the potential cosmological role of gravitational wave astronomy as a probe of the very early universe. The next generation of detectors - now in production - may be able to observe a stochastic background of gravitational waves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. A. Battye , E. P. S. Shellard