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Gravitational waves are indeed everywhere. If the early universe underwent inflation, they should be everywhere. Any object orbiting another object emits grav
by hardtke 7y ago
Gravitational waves are indeed everywhere. If the early universe underwent inflation, they should be everywhere. Any object orbiting another object emits gravitational waves. These exotic events, however, are the only gravitational waves that are observable using the terrestrial light interference technique (LIGO and Virgo). A space based mission would be sensitive in a different frequency range (satellites bouncing light off one another over millions of kilometers). The primordial gravitational waves from inflation might be observed indirectly -- there was much excitement about the BICEP telescope observing indirect evidence of these gravitational waves, but I believe that other explanations have come forth.
- tyscorp 7y agoI've been super excited about primordial gravitational waves for a while now. I have high hopes that they will lead to new physics. Just have to wait 15+ years for LISA...