Detecting dark matter around black holes with gravitational waves: Effects of dark-matter dynamics on the gravitational waveform

1 code implementation • 28 Feb 2020 • Bradley J. Kavanagh, David A. Nichols, Gianfranco Bertone, Daniele Gaggero

A dark matter overdensity around a black hole may significantly alter the dynamics of the black hole's merger with another compact object.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics High Energy Physics - Phenomenology