We investigate the possibility of measuring the primordial gravitational wave (GW) signal across 21 decades in frequencies, using the cosmic microwave background (CMB), pulsar timing arrays (PTA), and laser and atomic interferometers. For the CMB and PTA experiments we consider the LiteBIRD mission and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), respectively. For the interferometers we consider space mission proposals including the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), the Big Bang Observer (BBO), the Decihertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO), the µAres experiment, the Decihertz Observatory (DO), and the Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space (AEDGE), as well as the ground-based Einstein Telescope (ET) proposal. We implement the mathematics needed to compute sensitivities for both CMB and interferometers, and derive the response functions for the latter from the first principles. We also evaluate the effect of the astrophysical foreground contamination in each experiment. We present binned sensitivity curves and error bars on the energy density parameter, ΩGWh2, as a function of frequency for two representative classes of models for the stochastic background of primordial GW: the quantum vacuum fluctuation in the metric from single-field slow-roll inflation, and the source-induced tensor perturbation from the spectator axion-SU(2) inflation models. We find excellent prospects for joint measurements of the GW spectrum by CMB and space-borne interferometers mission proposals.

Campeti, P., Komatsu, E., Poletti, D., Baccigalupi, C. (2021). Measuring the spectrum of primordial gravitational waves with CMB, PTA and laser interferometers. JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 2021(1) [10.1088/1475-7516/2021/01/012].

Measuring the spectrum of primordial gravitational waves with CMB, PTA and laser interferometers

Poletti D.
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2021

Abstract

We investigate the possibility of measuring the primordial gravitational wave (GW) signal across 21 decades in frequencies, using the cosmic microwave background (CMB), pulsar timing arrays (PTA), and laser and atomic interferometers. For the CMB and PTA experiments we consider the LiteBIRD mission and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), respectively. For the interferometers we consider space mission proposals including the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), the Big Bang Observer (BBO), the Decihertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO), the µAres experiment, the Decihertz Observatory (DO), and the Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space (AEDGE), as well as the ground-based Einstein Telescope (ET) proposal. We implement the mathematics needed to compute sensitivities for both CMB and interferometers, and derive the response functions for the latter from the first principles. We also evaluate the effect of the astrophysical foreground contamination in each experiment. We present binned sensitivity curves and error bars on the energy density parameter, ΩGWh2, as a function of frequency for two representative classes of models for the stochastic background of primordial GW: the quantum vacuum fluctuation in the metric from single-field slow-roll inflation, and the source-induced tensor perturbation from the spectator axion-SU(2) inflation models. We find excellent prospects for joint measurements of the GW spectrum by CMB and space-borne interferometers mission proposals.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
CMBR experiments; Gravitational waves and CMBR polarization; Gravitational waves experiments; Primordial gravitational waves (theory);
English
8-gen-2021
2021
2021
1
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Campeti, P., Komatsu, E., Poletti, D., Baccigalupi, C. (2021). Measuring the spectrum of primordial gravitational waves with CMB, PTA and laser interferometers. JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS, 2021(1) [10.1088/1475-7516/2021/01/012].
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