Extracting gravitational waves induced by plasma turbulence in the early Universe through an averaging process

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AA7866zbMATH Open1373.83032arXiv1503.04764OpenAlexW2963680100MaRDI QIDQ4592651FDOQ4592651

Authors: David Garrison, Christopher Ramirez 

Publication date: 7 November 2017

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

Abstract: This work is a follow-up to the paper, "Numerical Relativity as a Tool for Studying the Early Universe". In this article, we determine if cosmological gravitational waves can be accurately extracted from a dynamical spacetime using an averaging process as opposed to conventional methods of gravitational wave extraction using a complex Weyl scalar. We calculate the normalized energy density, strain and degree of polarization of gravitational waves produced by a simulated turbulent plasma similar to what was believed to have existed shortly after the electroweak scale. This calculation is completed using two numerical codes, one which utilizes full General Relativity calculations based on modified BSSN equations while the other utilizes a linearized approximation of General Relativity. Our results show that the spectrum of gravitational waves calculated from the nonlinear code using an averaging process are nearly indistinguishable from those calculated from the linear code. This result validates the use of the averaging process for gravitational wave extraction of cosmological systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.04764

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zbMATH Keywords

averagingcosmologygravitational wavesplasma turbulencenumerical relativityrelativistic MHD

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C25) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Gravitational waves (83C35) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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• Inhomogeneity effects in cosmology
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• ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATIONS OF EARLY UNIVERSE PHASE TRANSITIONS

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• On the difficulty of generating gravitational wave turbulence in the early universe

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