Search for dark matter effects on gravitational signals from neutron star mergers

Motivated by the recent detection of the gravitational wave signal emitted by a binary neutron star merger, we analyse the possible impact of dark matter on such signals. We show that dark matter cores in merging neutron stars may yield an observable supplementary peak in the gravitational wave powe...

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Main Authors: John Ellis, Andi Hektor, Gert Hütsi, Kristjan Kannike, Luca Marzola, Martti Raidal, Ville Vaskonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318303423