Gravitational wave background discovered by NANOGrav as evidence of a cyclic universe

Abstract

The consortium NANOGrav discovered the isotropic gravitational wave background (GWB) with an amplitude of $h\sim 10^{-15}$ and a frequency of $f\sim 10^{-8}$ Hz using observations of millisecond pulsars. We hypothesize that the GWB is relic radiation left over from the merging stellar mass black holes (SBHs) during Big Crunch at $z\sim 10^{10}$. The relic gravitational waves are similar to the gravitational waves with $f\sim 10^2$ Hz discovered by LIGO in 2015, taking into account a decrease in frequency by a factor $\sim 10^{10}$ due to the expansion of the Universe. We take as a basis the observed spectrum of 139 SBHs, discovered by the LIGO observatory. Our model explains well all the observed features of the GWB. Unlike all other GWB models, our model predicts a sharp decrease in the GWB amplitude at frequencies $f>3.5\ast 10^{-8}$ Hz, reflecting the deficit of SBHs with masses $<4M_{\odot }$. The SBMH mergers at Big Crunch should generate yet undiscovered GWB with a frequency of $f\sim 10^{-(14-17)}$ Hz.

arXiv comment5 pages, 2 figures

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