Open AccessA Study on the Detection Method of Dark Matter using Gravitational Waves
Author(s) -
Zheng Li,
Chenyu Yang,
Xuehan Zhou
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2083/2/022044
Subject(s) - ligo , physics , gravitational wave , dark matter , einstein telescope , general relativity , observatory , interferometry , gravitational wave observatory , astrophysics , astronomy , theoretical physics
Dark matter is a type of invisible matter that analytically exists in the universe. Nowadays, scholars have yet detected it and confirmed its presence experimentally. Einstein predicted gravitational waves based on his general theory of relativity. In 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) first detected the gravitational wave. This paper reviews the background of dark matter and gravitational waves and introduces the method of detecting dark matter with gravitational waves. Moreover, the feasibility of the scenario has been verified based on information retrieval and theoretical analysis. These results shed light on the future detection schemes of dark matter detection.