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spectrum, as well as on the main cosmological sources and their observational prospects.
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Card 1 · Cosmological Backgrounds of Gravitational Waves
Sects. 5 - 9 represent an exhaustive updated survey of the potential sources from the early universe, that produce a stochastic background of gravitational waves. We review in extensive detail the physical origin and motivation of each source, the properties of the GW background they originate, and…
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Sects. 5 - 9 represent an exhaustive updated survey of the potential sources from the early universe, that produce a stochastic background of gravitational waves. We review in extensive detail the physical origin and motivation of each source, the properties of the GW background they originate, and discuss the ability (if any) of GW detectors to place constraints on each scenario. Present GW detectors are not really optimized for the detection of a stochastic background of cosmological origin. The analysis presented in this review, indicates however that a fraction (in some cases significant) of the parameter space in realistic scenarios (e.g. particle production during inflation, phase transitions, or cosmic string networks), is compatible with a detection by present or future experiments.
Card 2 · Gravitational wave background from reheating after hybrid inflation
The reheating of the Universe after hybrid inflation proceeds through the nucleation and subsequent collision of large concentrations of energy density in the form of bubblelike structures moving at relativistic speeds. This generates a significant fraction of energy in the form of a stochastic back…
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The reheating of the Universe after hybrid inflation proceeds through the nucleation and subsequent collision of large concentrations of energy density in the form of bubblelike structures moving at relativistic speeds. This generates a significant fraction of energy in the form of a stochastic background of gravitational waves, whose time evolution is determined by the successive stages of reheating: First, tachyonic preheating makes the amplitude of gravity waves grow exponentially fast. Second, bubble collisions add a new burst of gravitational radiation. Third, turbulent motions finally sets the end of gravitational waves production. From then on, these waves propagate unimpeded to us. We find that the fraction of energy density today in these primordial gravitational waves could be significant for grand unified theory (GUT)-scale models of inflation, although well beyond the frequency range sensitivity of gravitational wave observatories like LIGO, LISA, or BBO. However, low-scale …
Card 3 · Ability of LIGO and LISA to probe the equation of state of the early Universe
The expansion history of the Universe between the end of inflation and the onset of radiation-domination (RD) is currently unknown. If the equation of state during this period is stiffer than that of radiation, w > 1/3, the gravitational wave (GW) background from inflation acquires a blue-tilt d log…
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The expansion history of the Universe between the end of inflation and the onset of radiation-domination (RD) is currently unknown. If the equation of state during this period is stiffer than that of radiation, w > 1/3, the gravitational wave (GW) background from inflation acquires a blue-tilt d log ρ GW / d log f = 2( w −1/3)/ ( w +1/3) > 0 at frequencies f ≫ f RD corresponding to modes re-entering the horizon during the stiff-domination (SD), where f RD is the frequency today of the horizon scale at the SD-to-RD transition. We characterized in detail the transfer function of the GW energy density spectrum, considering both `instant' and smooth modelings of the SD-to-RD transition. The shape of the spectrum is controlled by w , f RD , and H inf (the Hubble scale of inflation). We determined the parameter space compatible with a detection of this signal by LIGO and LISA, including possible changes in the number of relativistic degrees of freedom, and the presence of a tensor tilt. Cons …
Card 4 · Testing primordial black holes as dark matter with LISA
The idea that primordial black holes (PBHs) can comprise most of the dark matter of the Universe has recently reacquired a lot of momentum. Observational constraints, however, rule out this possibility for most of the PBH masses, with a notable exception around ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}12}\text{ }\text{…
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The idea that primordial black holes (PBHs) can comprise most of the dark matter of the Universe has recently reacquired a lot of momentum. Observational constraints, however, rule out this possibility for most of the PBH masses, with a notable exception around ${10}^{\ensuremath{-}12}\text{ }\text{ }{M}_{\ensuremath{\bigodot}}$. These light PBHs may be originated when a sizable comoving curvature perturbation generated during inflation reenters the horizon during the radiation phase. During such a stage, it is unavoidable that gravitational waves (GWs) are generated. Since their source is quadratic in the curvature perturbations, these GWs are generated fully non-Gaussian. Their frequency today is about a millihertz, which is exactly the range where the LISA mission has the maximum of its sensitivity. This is certainly an impressive coincidence. We show that this scenario of PBHs as dark matter can be tested by LISA by measuring the GW two-point correlator. On the other hand, we show …
Card 5 · Primordial Gravitational Waves with LISA
Primordial Gravitational Waves are the next target of modern cosmology. They represent a window on the early Universe and the only probe of the physics and microphysics of the inflationary period. When the production of GWs happens in scenarios richer than the standard single-field slow-roll, the GW…
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Primordial Gravitational Waves are the next target of modern cosmology. They represent a window on the early Universe and the only probe of the physics and microphysics of the inflationary period. When the production of GWs happens in scenarios richer than the standard single-field slow-roll, the GW signal becomes potentially detectable also on scales smaller than the Cosmic Microwave Background. LISA will be extremely complementary to CMB experiments to extract information about primordial inflationary models and in particular to probe phases of the inflationary period for which we have very poor knowledges.
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