Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2007-07-05
Phys.Rev.D77:043517,2008
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
22 pages, 18 figures, uses revtex4
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.043517
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 bubble-like 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 GUT-scale models of inflation, although well beyond the frequency range sensitivity of gravitational wave observatories like LIGO, LISA or BBO. However, low-scale models could still produce a detectable signal at frequencies accessible to BBO or DECIGO. For comparison, we have also computed the analogous gravitational wave background from some chaotic inflation models and obtained results similar to those found by other groups. The discovery of such a background would open a new observational window into the very early universe, where the details of the process of reheating, i.e. the Big Bang, could be explored. Moreover, it could also serve in the future as a new experimental tool for testing the Inflationary Paradigm.
Figueroa Daniel G.
Garcia-Bellido Juan
Sastre Alfonso
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