Quintessence and gravitational waves
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We investigate some aspects of quintessence models with a non-minimally coupled scalar field and in particular we show that it can behave as a component of matter with . We study the properties of gravitational waves in this class of models and discuss their energy spectrum and the cosmic microwave background anisotropies they induce. We also show that gravitational waves are damped by the anisotropic stress of the radiation and that their energy spectrum may help to distinguish between inverse power law potential and supergravity motivated potential. We finish by a discussion on the constraints arising from their density parameter \Omega_\GW.- field theory: scalar
- quintessence
- gravitational radiation: energy loss
- energy spectrum
- cosmic background radiation: anisotropy
- potential
- energy: density
- numerical calculations
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