Measuring the primordial gravitational waves from cosmic microwave background and stochastic gravitational wave background observations

In this paper, we constrain the primordial gravitational waves from cosmic microwave background (CMB) and stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) observations. SGWB provides the latest way to explore the early universe and the cosmological evolution which can be reflected by primordial gravitational waves. We not only combine LIGO observations with CMB to measure primordial gravitational waves, but also forecast the potential abilities of the LISA detector and PTA projects. In the Lambda CDM +r +n(t) model, the standard six parameters change slightly from SGWB observations. While the constraints on tensor-to-scalar ratio and tensor spectral index are improved obviously from SGWB observations. FAST projects have a significant impact on tensor-to-scalar ratio and tensor spectral index, namely r < 0.028 and n(t) = -0.41(-0.96)(+0.64) at 95% confidence level.

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This paper constrains the primordial gravitational waves through CMB and SGWB observations, and predicts the potential abilities of the LISA detector and PTA projects. SGWB observations significantly improve the constraints on tensor-to-scalar ratio and tensor spectral index.