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Title: Gravitational waves from a curvaton model with blue spectrum

Abstract

We investigate the gravitational wave background induced by the first order scalar perturbations in the curvaton models. We consider the quadratic and axion-like curvaton potential which can generate the blue-tilted power spectrum of curvature perturbations on small scales and derive the maximal amount of gravitational wave background today. We find the power spectrum of the induced gravitational wave background has a characteristic peak at the frequency corresponding to the scale reentering the horizon at the curvaton decay, in the case where the curvaton does not dominate the energy density of the Universe. We also find the enhancement of the amount of the gravitational waves in the case where the curvaton dominates the energy density of the Universe. Such induced gravitational waves would be detectable by the future space-based gravitational wave detectors or pulsar timing observations.

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8582 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22282734
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2013; Journal Issue: 08; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY SPECTRA; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; GRAVITATIONAL WAVES; INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE; INFLATONS; PERTURBATION THEORY; POTENTIALS; PULSARS; SCALARS; SPACE; UNIVERSE

Citation Formats

Kawasaki, Masahiro, Kitajima, Naoya, and Yokoyama, Shuichiro. Gravitational waves from a curvaton model with blue spectrum. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/042.
Kawasaki, Masahiro, Kitajima, Naoya, & Yokoyama, Shuichiro. Gravitational waves from a curvaton model with blue spectrum. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/042
Kawasaki, Masahiro, Kitajima, Naoya, and Yokoyama, Shuichiro. 2013. "Gravitational waves from a curvaton model with blue spectrum". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/042.
@article{osti_22282734,
title = {Gravitational waves from a curvaton model with blue spectrum},
author = {Kawasaki, Masahiro and Kitajima, Naoya and Yokoyama, Shuichiro},
abstractNote = {We investigate the gravitational wave background induced by the first order scalar perturbations in the curvaton models. We consider the quadratic and axion-like curvaton potential which can generate the blue-tilted power spectrum of curvature perturbations on small scales and derive the maximal amount of gravitational wave background today. We find the power spectrum of the induced gravitational wave background has a characteristic peak at the frequency corresponding to the scale reentering the horizon at the curvaton decay, in the case where the curvaton does not dominate the energy density of the Universe. We also find the enhancement of the amount of the gravitational waves in the case where the curvaton dominates the energy density of the Universe. Such induced gravitational waves would be detectable by the future space-based gravitational wave detectors or pulsar timing observations.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/042},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22282734}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 08,
volume = 2013,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013},
month = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2013}
}