Quantum-mechanical generation of gravitational waves in a braneworld

Journal Article · Wed Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2005 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.71.124028· OSTI ID:20709572

Kobayashi, Tsutomu; Tanaka, Takahiro ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502 (Japan)

We study the quantum-mechanical generation of gravitational waves during inflation on a brane embedded in a five-dimensional anti de Sitter bulk. To make the problem well posed, we consider the setup in which both initial and final phases are given by a de Sitter brane with different values of the Hubble expansion rate. Assuming that the quantum state is in a de Sitter invariant vacuum in the initial de Sitter phase, we numerically evaluate the amplitude of quantum fluctuations of the growing solution of the zero mode in the final de Sitter phase. We find that the vacuum fluctuations of the initial Kaluza-Klein gravitons as well as of the zero mode gravitons contribute to the final amplitude of the zero mode on small scales, and the power spectrum is quite well approximated by what we call the rescaled spectrum, which is obtained by rescaling the standard four-dimensional calculation following a simple mapping rule. Our results confirm the speculation raised in Ref. [T. Kobayashi, H. Kudoh, and T. Tanaka, Phys. Rev. D 68, 044025 (2003).] before.

• OSTI ID: 20709572
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 71; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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