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arXiv 1406.0451astro-ph.COgr-qchep-phhep-th
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原始引力波引起的CMB $μ$畸变

CMB $μ$ distortion from primordial gravitational waves

Atsuhisa Ota, Tomo Takahashi, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Masahide Yamaguchi

摘要:

提出了一种新的产生宇宙微波背景辐射$μ$畸变的机制,该机制起源于原初引力波。这种$μ$失真是由温度各向异性通过汤姆逊散射的阻尼产生的,即使在比Silk阻尼更大的尺度上也是如此。这种机制与原始曲率(标量)扰动形成鲜明对比,其中温度各向异性主要通过Silk阻尼效应衰减。我们估计的$μ$失真的大小从新的机制,它可以用来限制振幅的原始引力波在较小的尺度上独立于CMB各向异性,给出更宽的范围内的限制其频谱指数的CMB各向异性的振幅相结合。

英文摘要:

We propose a new mechanism of generating the $μ$ distortion in cosmic microwave background (CMB) originated from primordial gravitational waves. Such $μ$ distortion is generated by the damping of the temperature anisotropies through the Thomson scattering, even on scales larger than that of Silk damping. This mechanism is in sharp contrast with that from the primordial curvature (scalar) perturbations, in which the temperature anisotropies mainly decay by Silk damping effects. We estimate the size of the $μ$ distortion from the new mechanism, which can be used to constrain the amplitude of primordial gravitational waves on smaller scales independently from the CMB anisotropies, giving more wide-range constraint on their spectral index by combining the amplitude from the CMB anisotropies.

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