Detecting relic gravitational radiation from string cosmology with LIGO
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A characteristic spectrum of relic gravitational radiation is produced by a period of ‘‘stringy inflation’’ in the early Universe. This spectrum is unusual, because the energy density rises rapidly with frequency. We show that correlation experiments with the two gravitational-wave detectors being built for the Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatory could detect this relic radiation for certain ranges of the parameters that characterize the underlying string cosmology model. @S0556-2821~97!00706-6#
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