Very-High-Frequency Gravitational Waves from Multi-Monodromy Inflation
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09834v1
- Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:49:04 GMT
- Title: Very-High-Frequency Gravitational Waves from Multi-Monodromy Inflation
- Authors: Guido D'Amico, Andrew A. Geraci, Nemanja Kaloper, Alexander Westphal,
- Abstract summary: We show that in multi-stage axion monodromy inflation an interruption near the end of the penultimate stage can lead to a spike in the gravitational wave background.<n>These gravitational waves are in the frequency range and with an amplitude accessible to proposed terrestrial detectors such as the Einstein Telescope.
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- Abstract: We show that in multi-stage axion monodromy inflation an interruption near the end of the penultimate stage can lead to a spike in the gravitational wave background. These gravitational waves are in the frequency range and with an amplitude accessible to proposed terrestrial detectors such as the Einstein Telescope, Cosmic Explorer, and future Levitated Sensor Detector experiments.
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