Quantum gravitational signatures in next-generation gravitational wave detectors

Abstract

A recent study established a correspondence between the Generalized Uncertainty Principle (GUP) and Modified theories of gravity, particularly Stelle gravity. We investigate the consequences of this correspondence for inflation and cosmological observables by evaluating the power spectrum of the scalar and tensor perturbations using two distinct methods. First, we employ PLANCK observations to determine the GUP parameter γ0. Then, we use the value of γ0 to investigate the implications of quantum gravity on the power spectrum of primordial gravitational waves and their possible detectability in the next-generation detectors, like Einstein Telescope and Cosmic explorer.

Keywords

• Quantum gravity phenomenology
• GUP
• Quadratic gravity
• Inflation
• Primordial gravitational waves