Published February 15, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Dilaton contributions to the cosmic gravitational wave background

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino, Torino (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica dell'Universita, Via P. Giuria 1, 10125 Torino (Italy)

Description

We consider the cosmological amplification of a metric perturbation propagating in a higher-dimensional Brans-Dicke background, including a nontrivial dilaton evolution. We discuss the properties of the spectral energy density of the produced gravitons (as well as of the associated squeezing parameter), and we show that the present observational bounds on the graviton spectrum provide significant information on the dynamical evolution of the early Universe

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
47
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 1519-1528.
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ