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Cosmological Backgrounds of Gravitational Waves and eLISA

Published 2012-09-18Version 1

We review cosmological backgrounds of gravitational waves with a particular attention to the scientific potential of the eLISA/NGO mission. After an overview of cosmological backgrounds and detectors, we consider different cosmological sources that could lead to an observable signal. We then study the backgrounds produced by first-order phase transitions and networks of cosmic strings, assessing the prospects for their detection.

Comments: 11 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the 9th LISA Symposium

Categories: astro-ph.CO, gr-qc, hep-ph, hep-th

Keywords: gravitational waves, first-order phase transitions, elisa/ngo mission, review cosmological backgrounds, cosmic strings

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