Pulsar timing array results sheds light on Hubble tension during the end of inflation

Abstract

Recently, pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations, including NANOGrav, have reported evidence of a stochastic gravitational wave background within the nHz frequency range.\ It can be interpreted by gravitational waves from preheating era. In this context, we demonstrate that the emission of this stochastic gravitational wave background can be attributed to fluctuations occurring at the end of inflation, thus giving rise to the Hubble tension issue. At the onset of inflation, the value of the frequency of the gravitational wave signal stood at $f=0.08nHz$, but it rapidly transitioned to $f=1nHz$ precisely at the end of inflation. However, just before the end of inflation, a phase characterized by curvature perturbation is known to occur, causing a swift increase in the frequency.