Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-11-26
Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 024030
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
20 pages. Corrections for an errant factor of 2 in all the gravity wave characteristic amplitudes. Accepted for publication in
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.024030
An injection of energy into the early Universe on a given characteristic length scale will result in turbulent motions of the primordial plasma. We calculate the stochastic background of gravitational radiation arising from a period of cosmological turbulence, using a simple model of isotropic Kolmogoroff turbulence produced in a cosmological phase transition. We also derive the gravitational radiation generated by magnetic fields arising from a dynamo operating during the period of turbulence. The resulting gravitational radiation background has a maximum amplitude comparable to the radiation background from the collision of bubbles in a first-order phase transition, but at a lower frequency, while the radiation from the induced magnetic fields is always subdominant to that from the turbulence itself. We briefly discuss the detectability of such a signal.
Kahniashvili Tinatin
Kosowsky Arthur
Mack Andrew
No associations
LandOfFree
Gravitational Radiation From Cosmological Turbulence does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.
If you have personal experience with Gravitational Radiation From Cosmological Turbulence, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Gravitational Radiation From Cosmological Turbulence will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-220493