Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2009-03-24
Phys.Rev.D80:042002,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
6 pages, 1 figure. Improved and revised in response to referees comments. New references added. Published in PRD
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.80.042002
In this work, we analyze the implications of graviton to photon conversion in the presence of large scale magnetic fields. We consider the magnetic fields associated with galaxy clusters, filaments in the large scale structure, as well as primordial magnetic fields. {We analyze the interaction of these magnetic fields with an exogenous high-frequency gravitational wave (HFGW) background which may exist in the Universe. We show that, in the presence of the magnetic fields, a sufficiently strong HFGW background would lead to an observable signature in the frequency spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).} The sensitivity of current day CMB experiments allows to place significant constraints on the strength of HFGW background, $\Omega_{GW}\lesssim1$. These limits are about 25 orders of magnitude stronger {than currently existing direct constraints} in this frequency region.
Baskaran Deepak
Pshirkov Maxim S.
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