https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12397-2
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Stochastic gravitational wave background from the collisions of dark matter halos
1
Deep Space Exploration Laboratory/School of Physical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
2
CAS Key Laboratory for Researches in Galaxies and Cosmology/Department of Astronomy, School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China
3
School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China
4
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and School of Physics, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China
5
National Observatory of Athens, Lofos Nymfon, 11852, Athens, Greece
6
Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610, 1280, Casilla, Antofagasta, Chile
Received:
17
July
2023
Accepted:
3
January
2024
Published online:
23
January
2024
We investigate the effect of the dark matter (DM) halos collisions, namely collisions of galaxies and galaxy clusters, through gravitational bremsstrahlung, on the stochastic gravitational wave background. We first calculate the gravitational wave signal of a single collision event, assuming point masses and linear perturbation theory. Then we proceed to the calculation of the energy spectrum of the collective effect of all dark matter collisions in the Universe. Concerning the DM halo collision rate, we show that it is given by the product of the number density of DM halos, which is calculated by the extended Press–Schechter (EPS) theory, with the collision rate of a single DM halo, which is given by simulation results, with a function of the linear growth rate of matter density through cosmological evolution. Hence, integrating over all mass and distance ranges, we finally extract the spectrum of the stochastic gravitational wave background created by DM halos collisions. As we show, the resulting contribution to the stochastic gravitational wave background is of the order of 
in the band of 
. However, in very low frequency band, it is larger. With current observational sensitivity it cannot be detected.
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