2013年
Measurement of parity violation in the early universe using gravitational-wave detectors
Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
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- 726
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- 1-3
- 開始ページ
- 66
- 終了ページ
- 71
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.08.077
A stochastic gravitational-wave background (SGWB) is expected to arise from the superposition of many independent and unresolved gravitational-wave signals, of either cosmological or astrophysical origin. Some cosmological models (characterized, for instance, by a pseudo-scalar inflaton, or by some modification of gravity) break parity, leading to a polarized isotropic SGWB. We present the first upper limit on this parity violation from direct gravitational-wave measurements by measuring polarization of the SGWB in recent LIGO data and by assuming a generic power-law SGWB spectrum across the LIGO-sensitive frequency region. We also estimate sensitivity to parity violation for future generations of gravitational-wave detectors, both for a power-law spectrum and for a specific model of axion inflation. Since astrophysical sources are not expected to produce a polarized SGWB, measurements of polarization in the SGWB would provide a new way of differentiating between the cosmological and astrophysical SGWB sources. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.08.077
- ISSN : 0370-2693
- SCOPUS ID : 84884704675