Using gravitational waves to see the first second of the Universe
R Roshan, G White - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2025 - APS
Gravitational waves are a unique probe of the early Universe, as the Universe is transparent
to gravitational radiation right back to the end of inflation. This review summarizes detection …
to gravitational radiation right back to the end of inflation. This review summarizes detection …
Oscillon formation during inflationary preheating with general relativity
JC Aurrekoetxea, K Clough, F Muia - Physical Review D, 2023 - APS
We study the nonperturbative evolution of inflationary fluctuations during preheating using
fully nonlinear general-relativistic field-theory simulations. We choose a single-field …
fully nonlinear general-relativistic field-theory simulations. We choose a single-field …
Gravitational wave probe of Planck-scale physics after inflation
WY Hu, K Nakayama, V Takhistov, Y Tang - Physics Letters B, 2024 - Elsevier
Particle decays are always accompanied by the emission of graviton quanta of gravity
through bremsstrahlung processes. However, the corresponding branching ratio is …
through bremsstrahlung processes. However, the corresponding branching ratio is …
Gravitational wave production from preheating with trilinear interactions
We investigate the production of gravitational waves (GWs) during preheating with
monomial/polynomial inflationary potentials, considering a trilinear coupling ϕχ 2 between a …
monomial/polynomial inflationary potentials, considering a trilinear coupling ϕχ 2 between a …
Present and future of osmo attice
We discuss the present state and planned updates of CosmoLattice, a cutting-edge code for
lattice simulations of non-linear dynamics of scalar-gauge field theories in an expanding …
lattice simulations of non-linear dynamics of scalar-gauge field theories in an expanding …
Unveiling the nonlinear dynamics of a rolling axion during inflation
A Caravano, M Peloso - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
A spectator axion-gauge sector, minimally coupled to the inflaton, with the axion
experiencing a momentary stage of fast roll during cosmological inflation, can generate …
experiencing a momentary stage of fast roll during cosmological inflation, can generate …
Weyl fermion creation by cosmological gravitational wave background at 1-loop
A bstract Weyl fermions of spin\(\frac {1}{2}\) minimally coupled to Einstein's gravity in 4
dimensions cannot be produced purely gravitationally in an expanding Universe at tree …
dimensions cannot be produced purely gravitationally in an expanding Universe at tree …
Inflationary Gravitational Waves as a probe of the unknown post-inflationary primordial Universe
AK Soman, SS Mishra, M Shafi, S Basak - arxiv preprint arxiv:2407.07956, 2024 - arxiv.org
One of the key predictions of the standard inflationary paradigm is the quantum mechanical
generation of the transverse and traceless tensor fluctuations due to the rapid accelerated …
generation of the transverse and traceless tensor fluctuations due to the rapid accelerated …
Gravitational Wave-Induced Freeze-In of Fermionic Dark Matter
The minimal coupling of massless fermions to gravity does not allow for their gravitational
production solely based on the expansion of the Universe. We argue that this changes in …
production solely based on the expansion of the Universe. We argue that this changes in …
Characterizing the post-inflationary reheating history. Part II. Multiple interacting daughter fields
We characterize the post-inflationary dynamics of an inflaton ϕ coupled to multiple
interacting daughter fields X n (n= 1,... N d) through quadratic-quadratic interactions gn 2 ϕ 2 …
interacting daughter fields X n (n= 1,... N d) through quadratic-quadratic interactions gn 2 ϕ 2 …