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Very-High-Frequency Gravitational Waves from Multi-Monodromy Inflation
Guido D'Amico, Andrew A. Geraci, Nemanja Kaloper, Alexander Westphal·January 14, 2026
hep-phastro-ph.COgr-qchep-thQuantum Physics
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Abstract
We show that in multi-stage axion monodromy inflation an interruption near the end of the penultimate stage can lead to a spike in the gravitational wave background. These gravitational waves are in the frequency range and with an amplitude accessible to proposed terrestrial detectors such as the Einstein Telescope, Cosmic Explorer, and future Levitated Sensor Detector experiments.