1–5 Jun 2026
Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) University of Barcelona
Europe/Madrid timezone

Constraining non-Gaussianity and chirality in Scalar-Induced Gravitational Waves with next-generation ground-based interferometers

3 Jun 2026, 15:25
15m
Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) University of Barcelona

Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICC) University of Barcelona

UB Physics Faculty Martí i Franquès, 1, 11 08028 Barcelona

Speaker

Ilaria Caporali (Università di Pisa - INFN Pisa)

Description

Future gravitational-wave detectors can probe primordial non-Gaussianity and parity violation through the stochastic gravitational-wave background. In this talk, I will present a framework that includes both parity-even and parity-odd higher-order correlators. Using simulated data for next-generation detectors, like Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, I will demonstrate that these effects can be constrained even in the presence of an astrophysical foreground. The parity-odd component, in particular, leads to a circularly polarized signal, providing a direct probe of chirality in the early Universe.
Finally, I will discuss how this framework can be extended to space-based detectors such as LISA, enabling a synergic detection across complementary frequency bands.

Authors

Angelo Ricciardone (Università di Pisa - INFN Pisa) Ilaria Caporali (Università di Pisa - INFN Pisa) Nicola Bartolo (University of Padova - INFN Padova) Ragavendra H V (University of Padova - INFN Padova)

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