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Evolution of gravitational waves through the cosmological QCD transition

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arxiv gr-qc/9709027 v2 pith:KURXC4BH submitted 1997-09-12 gr-qc astro-phhep-ph

Evolution of gravitational waves through the cosmological QCD transition

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keywords gravitationalwavestransitioncosmologicalduringspectrumannihilationbeen
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The spectrum of gravitational waves that have been produced in inflation is modified during cosmological transitions. Large drops in the number of relativistic particles, like during the QCD transition or at $e^+e^-$ annihilation, lead to steps in the spectrum of gravitational waves. We calculate the transfer function for the differential energy density of gravitational waves for a first-order and for a crossover QCD transition.

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