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暴胀过程中原初引力波的手征振荡

Chirality oscillation of primordial gravitational waves during inflation

Yong Cai, Yu-Tong Wang, Yun-Song Piao

摘要:

我们证明了如果引力Chern-Simons项耦合到一个质量标量场($m>H$)上,原初引力波(GW)将表现出手征振荡,即,左手和右手GW模式的振幅将相互转换并在它们的传播中振荡。这种振荡最终将发展出两种模式的振幅的永久差异,这导致了左手和右手原始GW的功率谱中几乎相反的振荡形状。讨论了它对CMB B模偏振的影响。

英文摘要:

We show that if the gravitational Chern-Simons term couples to a massive scalar field ($m>H$), the primordial gravitational waves (GWs) will show itself the chirality oscillation, i.e., the amplitudes of the left- and right-handed GWs modes will convert into each other and oscillate in their propagations. This oscillation will eventually develop a permanent difference of the amplitudes of both modes, which leads to nearly opposite oscillating shapes in the power spectra of the left- and right-handed primordial GWs. We discuss its implication to the CMB B-mode polarization.

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