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g.lemaitre
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Has the Planck satellite observed any gravitational waves yet? I'm pretty sure that gravitational waves were formed when gravity split from the other forces at 10^-43 seconds but I could be wrong. Anyhow, if we do detect them, will we be looking at the first Planck time in our universe's history?
Here's a quote from Peter Woit that leads me to believe this:
Here's a quote from Peter Woit that leads me to believe this:
Unlike photons, such gravitational waves would not be scattered by a charged plasma, so if their effects are seen, one potentially would have a window into the very early universe, possibly even into the conjectured phase of exponential expansion predicted by inflationary cosmological models.