Stochastic gravitational wave background from cosmological neutrino-dominated accretion flows

TL;DR

This paper predicts a stochastic gravitational wave background from neutrino-dominated accretion flows in core-collapse supernovae, which could be detectable by future space-based interferometers and may affect inflationary gravitational wave searches.

Contribution

It introduces a new prediction of the SGWB from NDAFs based on supernova simulations, highlighting its dependence on explosion energy and metallicity, and discusses its detectability and implications.

Findings

SGWB from NDAFs depends on supernova explosion energy and metallicity.

Potential detectability by DECIGO and BBO in optimistic scenarios.

This background could serve as a foreground for inflationary GW searches.

Abstract

We investigate the stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) from neutrino-dominated accretion flows (NDAFs) based on the results of our fallback core-collapse supernova (CCSN) simulations. We find that the predicted SGWB is mainly determined by the typical CCSN initial explosion energy and progenitor metallicity. For the optimistic cases in which the typical initial explosion energy is low, the SGWB from NDAFs without disk outflows might be detected by next-generation space-based interferometers such as Decihertz Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (DECIGO) and Big Bang Observer (BBO). In the low-frequency regime $\sim10^{-3}-10^{-1}$ Hz, this background is comparable to that expected from standard inflationary models. Therefore, the SGWB from NDAFs may become a foreground for searches of the SGWB generated in the inflationary epoch. Combining the diffuse NDAF neutrino background and SGWB from NDAFs, one may constrain the properties of the CCSNe and NDAFs.