Investigating the impact of ultralight dark matter on gravitational wave signals
Extreme-mass-ratio binary inspiralling in an environment of dark matter. The movement of small black holes creates a dense wake trail that slows it down, affecting the gravitational wave signal. Credit: Beatriz Oliveira and Rodrigo Vicente. A recent study in Physical Review Letters explores the effects of ultralight dark matter in extreme-mass-ratio inspirals (EMRIs), which could … Read more