BB mode angular power spectrum of CMB from massive gravity

Abstract

The BB-mode correlation angular power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background is studied for primordial massive gravitational waves for several inflation models. The comparative study of the angular power spectrum with the joint BICEP2/Keck Array and Planck data suggests further constraint on the lower and upper bounds on the mass of primordial gravitons. Assuming a modified dispersion relation, the mass of primordial graviton is also calculated. The resulting constraint also agrees with other theoretical estimates.