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New gravitational tests of early universe cosmology

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Gravitational waves and lenses were among the earliest predictions of general relativity. I demonstrate here how both these phenomena can, in conjunction with newly discovered astrophysical objects, be used to test fundamental aspects of early universe cosmology, including (a) scenarios for galaxy formation, and (b) nonadiabatic expansion before and after nucleosynthesis.

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  1. Lawrence M. Krauss (Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows)

    Present address: Department of Physics, Yale University, 06520, New Haven, Connecticut

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  1. Lyman Laboratory of Physics, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Lawrence M. Krauss (Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows)

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Research supported in part by the N.S.F. under Grant No. PHY-82-15249.

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Krauss, L.M. New gravitational tests of early universe cosmology. Gen Relat Gravit 18, 723–730 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00768636

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