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A lot is being written about the recent aLIGO observations and in general the implications of GW research for our scientific understanding of the universe.
We read about mostly 2 grand areas where GW research can provide novel knowledge. The astronomical / astrophysical area (i.e. mapping gravitational events in the "modern" universe such as black holes and neutron star collisions etc) and the cosmological area with the research of primeval GWs imprinted in the CMBR, which would help improving our understanding of early cosmology, inflation and fundamental high energy physics such as the Grand Unification energy scales etc.
What about Dark Matter? Since it only interacts gravitationally with ordinary matter, one might think that any progress in the understanding and observation of gravitational effects might eventually help in observing and understanding DM and any events caused by it.
However I presume that DM distribution seems to be too dilute to produce any GW of observable magnitude?
Can Gravitational Waves research help in any way in the understanding of Dark Matter?
TX
We read about mostly 2 grand areas where GW research can provide novel knowledge. The astronomical / astrophysical area (i.e. mapping gravitational events in the "modern" universe such as black holes and neutron star collisions etc) and the cosmological area with the research of primeval GWs imprinted in the CMBR, which would help improving our understanding of early cosmology, inflation and fundamental high energy physics such as the Grand Unification energy scales etc.
What about Dark Matter? Since it only interacts gravitationally with ordinary matter, one might think that any progress in the understanding and observation of gravitational effects might eventually help in observing and understanding DM and any events caused by it.
However I presume that DM distribution seems to be too dilute to produce any GW of observable magnitude?
Can Gravitational Waves research help in any way in the understanding of Dark Matter?
TX