Can the Gravitational Wave Background from Inflation be Detected Locally?

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

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8 pages, standard LaTeX (no figures), SUSSEX-AST 93/7-3

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10.1103/PhysRevD.49.3805 10.1103

The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) detection of microwave background anisotropies may contain a component due to gravitational waves generated by inflation. It is shown that the gravitational waves from inflation might be seen using `beam-in-space' detectors, but not the Laser Interferometer Gravity Wave Observatory (LIGO). The central conclusion, dependent only on weak assumptions regarding the physics of inflation, is a surprising one. The larger the component of the COBE signal due to gravitational waves, the {\em smaller} the expected local gravitational wave signal.

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