The stochastic gravitational wave background from turbulence and magnetic fields generated by a first-order phase transition

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Caprini, Chiara ^a   Durrer, Ruth ^b   Servant, Géraldine ^a,c  

^a DIF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmological phase transitions; Gravitational waves theory; Magnetohydrodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 73949105765     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/12/024     Document Type: Article

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