
https://iai.tv/articles/new-theory-of-gr..._auid=2020
INTRO: 10 years ago, the detection of gravitational waves from a pair of colliding black holes revolutionised astronomy. Now, a team of physicists from Europe are proposing a new theory of gravitational waves with the potential to disrupt one of the key ideas in modern cosmology. Theoretical physicists Daniele Bertacca and Raul Jimenez argue the cosmic inflation paradigm has too many free parameters, and we are expanding the limits of our theories to fit the data. Bertacca and Jimenez propose a radical alternative: gravitational waves and their dynamics were key to the early universe and ultimately gave rise to galaxies, stars, and planets... (MORE - details)
INTRO: 10 years ago, the detection of gravitational waves from a pair of colliding black holes revolutionised astronomy. Now, a team of physicists from Europe are proposing a new theory of gravitational waves with the potential to disrupt one of the key ideas in modern cosmology. Theoretical physicists Daniele Bertacca and Raul Jimenez argue the cosmic inflation paradigm has too many free parameters, and we are expanding the limits of our theories to fit the data. Bertacca and Jimenez propose a radical alternative: gravitational waves and their dynamics were key to the early universe and ultimately gave rise to galaxies, stars, and planets... (MORE - details)