The refractive index of relic gravitons

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/33/12/125002zbMATH Open1342.83531arXiv1507.03456OpenAlexW2105112389MaRDI QIDQ2994594FDOQ2994594

Authors: Massimo Giovannini 

Publication date: 2 August 2016

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The dynamical evolution of the refractive index of the tensor modes of the geometry produces a specific class of power spectra characterized by a blue (i.e. slightly increasing) slope which is directly determined by the competition of the slow-roll parameter and of the rate of variation of the refractive index. Throughout the conventional stages of the inflationary and post-inflationary evolution, the microwave background anisotropies measurements, the pulsar timing limits and the big-bang nucleosythesis constraints set stringent bounds on the refractive index and on its rate of variation. Within the physically allowed region of the parameter space the cosmic background of relic gravitons leads to a potentially large signal for the ground based detectors (in their advanced version) and for the proposed space-borne interferometers. Conversely, the lack of direct detection of the signal will set a qualitatively new bound on the dynamical variation of the refractive index.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.03456

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmologygravitational radiationbackground radiations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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