Primordial gravitational waves from galaxy intrinsic alignments

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DOI10.1088/1475-7516/2020/07/005zbMATH Open1492.85005arXiv2001.05930OpenAlexW3000351393MaRDI QIDQ5070261FDOQ5070261


Authors: Matteo Biagetti, Giorgio Orlando Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 11 April 2022

Published in: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Galaxy shapes have been observed to align with external tidal fields generated by the large-scale structures of the Universe. While the main source for these tidal fields is provided by long-wavelength density perturbations, tensor perturbations also contribute with a non-vanishing amplitude at linear order. We show that parity-breaking gravitational waves produced during inflation leave a distinctive imprint in the galaxy shape power spectrum which is not hampered by any scalar-induced tidal field. We also show that a certain class of tensor non-Gaussianities produced during inflation can leave a signature in the density-weighted galaxy shape power spectrum. We estimate the possibility of observing such imprints in future galaxy surveys.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.05930




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