Detection of gravitational waves from the QCD phase transition with pulsar timing arrays
- 8 September 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 82 (6)
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.82.063511
Abstract
If the cosmological QCD phase transition is strongly first order and lasts sufficiently long, it generates a background of gravitational waves which may be detected via pulsar timing experiments. We estimate the amplitude and the spectral shape of such a background and we discuss its detectability prospects.Keywords
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