cosmic gravitational-wave background
English
Noun
cosmic gravitational-wave background (uncountable)
- The stochastic background of gravitational waves produced during the creation of the universe.
- The irresolvable diffuse background resulting from the mixture of weak gravitational waves of all sources.
Alternative forms
Synonyms
- CGB (abbreviation)
- gravitational wave background / gravitational-wave background / GWB
Related terms
(cosmic gravitational-wave background):
- gravitational wave (GW)
- cosmic microwave background (CMB)
- cosmic infrared background (CIRB / CIB)
- cosmic neutrino background (CvB / CνB / CNB)
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