Gravitational Waves Produced during the Inflationary Epoch
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen Mary University of London
Department Name: Astronomy Unit
Abstract
A detailed and comprehensive description of the mathematical tools needed to understand the generation of inflationary gravitational waves. The inflationary gravitational wave power spectrum is successfully reproduced based on a quantum field theory in an expanding universe. The power spectrum is computed using a simple cosmological model of the evolution of the early universe, in which a sequence of Bogoliubov transformations result in the inflationary gravitational waves. Furthermore, the recent efforts into indirectly and directly detecting inflationary gravitational waves and the significance of a detection is discussed.
People |
ORCID iD |
David Mulryne (Primary Supervisor) | |
Ethan Milligan (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ST/X50869X/1 | 01/10/2022 | 30/09/2026 | |||
2758345 | Studentship | ST/X50869X/1 | 01/10/2022 | 31/03/2026 | Ethan Milligan |