Gravity Waves from Quantum Stress Tensor Fluctuations in Inflation

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2011-05-05

arxiv.org/abs/1105.1155v1

Phys. Rev. D 84, 103515 (2011)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

17 -pages, no figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.84.103515

We consider the effects of the quantum stress tensor fluctuations of a conformal field in generating gravity waves in inflationary models. We find a non-scale invariant, non-Gaussian contribution which depends upon the total expansion factor between an initial time and the end of inflation. This spectrum of gravity wave perturbations is an illustration of a negative power spectrum, which is possible in quantum field theory. We discuss possible choices for the initial conditions. If the initial time is taken to be sufficiently early, the fluctuating gravity waves are potentially observable both in the CMB radiation and in gravity wave detectors, and could offer a probe of transplanckian physics. The fact that they have not yet been observed might be used to constrain the duration and energy scale of inflation.

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