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Observations of the imprints of primordial gravitational waves on the anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background can provide us with unambiguous clues to the physics of the very early Universe. In this brief article, the implications of the detection of such signatures for the inflationary scenario has been discussed.
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SRIRAMKUMAR, L. Primordial gravitational waves, BICEP2 and beyond. Pramana - J Phys 86, 325–333 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-015-1152-z
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