Cosmic gravitational waves could provide unprecedented information on the early Universe. The effects that are of interest are small, but experiments are gradually achieving a sensitivity that will test cosmological models.
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Maggiore, M. Gravitational waves constrained. Nature 447, 651–652 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447651a
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