HBT Interferometry and Quantum Nature of Primordial Gravitational Waves in Hořava-Lifshitz Gravity

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Main Authors: Kanno, Sugumi, Matsui, Hiroki, Mukohyama, Shinji
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author Kanno, Sugumi
Matsui, Hiroki
Mukohyama, Shinji
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Matsui, Hiroki
Mukohyama, Shinji
contents Hořava-Lifshitz gravity (to be precise, its projectable version) is recognized as a renormalizable, unitary, and asymptotically free quantum field theory of gravity. Notably, one of its cosmological predictions is that it can produce scale-invariant primordial density fluctuations and primordial gravitational waves without relying on inflation. In this paper, we investigate the quantum nature of the primordial gravitational waves generated in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity. It has been suggested that, for some inflationary models, the non-classicality of primordial gravitational waves in the squeezed coherent quantum state can be detected using the Hanbury Brown - Twiss (HBT) interferometry. We show that in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity, scale-invariant primordial gravitational waves can be generated during both the radiation-dominated and matter-dominated eras of the Universe. Moreover, the frequency range of their quantum signatures is shown to extend beyond that of inflationary models.
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spellingShingle HBT Interferometry and Quantum Nature of Primordial Gravitational Waves in Hořava-Lifshitz Gravity
Kanno, Sugumi
Matsui, Hiroki
Mukohyama, Shinji
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
Hořava-Lifshitz gravity (to be precise, its projectable version) is recognized as a renormalizable, unitary, and asymptotically free quantum field theory of gravity. Notably, one of its cosmological predictions is that it can produce scale-invariant primordial density fluctuations and primordial gravitational waves without relying on inflation. In this paper, we investigate the quantum nature of the primordial gravitational waves generated in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity. It has been suggested that, for some inflationary models, the non-classicality of primordial gravitational waves in the squeezed coherent quantum state can be detected using the Hanbury Brown - Twiss (HBT) interferometry. We show that in Hořava-Lifshitz gravity, scale-invariant primordial gravitational waves can be generated during both the radiation-dominated and matter-dominated eras of the Universe. Moreover, the frequency range of their quantum signatures is shown to extend beyond that of inflationary models.
title HBT Interferometry and Quantum Nature of Primordial Gravitational Waves in Hořava-Lifshitz Gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19514