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  • Astrophysics
  • Gravitational Waves

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  • BICEP experiment measurements of cosmic microwave background (CMB) B-mode polarization at large angular scales indicate a potentially large-amplitude stochastic gravitational wave background.
  • This background is a predicted signature of early-Universe inflation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how future high-resolution B-mode measurements can probe the inflationary gravitational wave background.
  • To demonstrate the ability of these measurements to test the inflationary consistency relation and confirm the origin of tensor perturbations.
  • To explore the potential for precise measurement of the tensor spectral index running via direct detection.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of B-mode polarization data from the cosmic microwave background at smaller angular scales.
  • Simulations and theoretical modeling of gravitational wave detection via space-based interferometry.
  • Probing the power spectrum of tensor perturbations.

Main Results:

  • Sufficiently sensitive high-resolution B-mode measurements can test the inflationary consistency relation, confirming the inflationary origin of tensor perturbations.
  • Precise B-mode measurements of the tensor spectrum can predict the tensor amplitude on solar system scales with 20% accuracy for a power-law spectrum.
  • Direct detection of gravitational waves will enable high-precision measurement of the running of the tensor spectral index.

Conclusions:

  • Future B-mode polarization measurements are crucial for validating inflationary models and understanding the early Universe.
  • Direct detection of gravitational waves offers a powerful tool to probe fundamental physics and cosmological parameters.
  • High-resolution CMB B-mode measurements can provide complementary and stringent tests of inflation.