Constraining early dark energy with gravitational waves before recombination

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Autori principali: Weiner, Zachary J., Adshead, Peter, Giblin Jr, John T.
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author Weiner, Zachary J.
Adshead, Peter
Giblin Jr, John T.
author_facet Weiner, Zachary J.
Adshead, Peter
Giblin Jr, John T.
contents We show that the nonperturbative decay of ultralight scalars into Abelian gauge bosons, recently proposed as a possible solution to the Hubble tension, produces a stochastic background of gravitational waves which is constrained by the cosmic microwave background. We simulate the full nonlinear dynamics of resonant dark photon production and the associated gravitational wave production, finding the signals to exceed constraints for the entire parameter space we consider. Our findings suggest that gravitational wave production from the decay of early dark energy may provide a unique probe of these models.
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spellingShingle Constraining early dark energy with gravitational waves before recombination
Weiner, Zachary J.
Adshead, Peter
Giblin Jr, John T.
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We show that the nonperturbative decay of ultralight scalars into Abelian gauge bosons, recently proposed as a possible solution to the Hubble tension, produces a stochastic background of gravitational waves which is constrained by the cosmic microwave background. We simulate the full nonlinear dynamics of resonant dark photon production and the associated gravitational wave production, finding the signals to exceed constraints for the entire parameter space we consider. Our findings suggest that gravitational wave production from the decay of early dark energy may provide a unique probe of these models.
title Constraining early dark energy with gravitational waves before recombination
topic Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.01732