Carlo Ungarelli et al 2005 Class. Quantum Grav. 22 S955 doi:10.1088/0264-9381/22/18/S09
Carlo Ungarelli1, Pierstefano Corasaniti2, R A Mercer1 and Alberto Vecchio1
Show affiliationsOne of the fundamental and yet untested predictions of inflationary models is the generation of a very weak cosmic background of gravitational radiation. We investigate the sensitivity required for a space-based gravitational wave laser interferometer with peak sensitivity at ~1 Hz to observe such signal as a function of the model parameters and compare it with indirect limits that can be set with data from present and future cosmic microwave background missions. We concentrate on signals predicted by slow-roll single-field inflationary models and instrumental configurations such as those proposed for the LISA follow-on mission: big bang observer.
95.85.Sz Gravitational radiation, magnetic fields, and other observations
Issue 18 (21 September 2005)
Received 13 April 2005
Published 23 August 2005
Carlo Ungarelli et al 2005 Class. Quantum Grav. 22 S955
A Zheludev et al 2001 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13 R525
Feng Qiao et al 2007 Phys. Med. Biol. 52 2675
Johan Noldus 2002 Class. Quantum Grav. 19 6075
R König et al 2002 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 44 2365
Hu Yi et al 2009 Chinese Phys. Lett. 26 114303
J W Armstrong et al 2001 Class. Quantum Grav. 18 4059
J-L Vay et al 2009 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 180 012006
Pavel A. Denissenkov and Marc Pinsonneault 2008 ApJ 684 626
V. Charmandaris et al 2004 ApJ 600 L15