Exploring the Early Universe with Gravitational Waves

• Main Author: Bethke, Laura Bianca (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Educational sociology.; Cosmology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.

This work investigates gravitational wave production in the early universe and identifies potentially observable features, thereby paving the way for future gravitational wave experiments. It focuses on gravitational wave production in two scenarios: inflation in a model inspired by loop quantum gra...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chiral Tensor Power Spectrum from Quantum Gravity
• Anisotropic Gravitational Wave Background from Massless Pre-heating
• Concluding Remarks
• Appendix.