Gravitational-Wave Signatures of Dark Sectors

Gravitational waves offer a powerful way to probe compact objects and possible new physics in regimes inaccessible to terrestrial experiments. My research investigates how dark-matter environments and hidden-sector interactions may leave imprints on gravitational-wave emission from compact binary systems.

A central part of this work concerns binary neutron-star systems, especially how the presence of a dark environment may influence early post-merger dynamics, waveform properties, and multimessenger interpretation.

Main topics

• Binary neutron stars in dark environments.
• Early post-merger gravitational-wave emission.
• Effective modeling of dark-matter effects.
• Multimessenger signatures of hidden sectors.
• Connections with next-generation detectors such as the Einstein Telescope.