Primordial gravitational waves induced by magnetic fields in an ekpyrotic scenario

Both inflationary and ekpyrotic scenarios can account for the origin of the large scale structure of the universe. It is often said that detecting primordial gravitational waves is the key to distinguish both scenarios. We show that this is not true if the gauge kinetic function is present in the ek...

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Main Authors: Asuka Ito, Jiro Soda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931730374X