Effect of inhomogeneities on the propagation of gravitational waves from binaries of compact objects

@article{Pandey2022EffectOI,
  title={Effect of inhomogeneities on the propagation of gravitational waves from binaries of compact objects},
  author={Shashank Pandey and Arnab Sarkar and Amna Ali and Archan S. Majumdar},
  journal={Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
  year={2022},
  volume={2022}
}
We consider the propagation of gravitational waves in the late time Universe with the presence of structure. Before detection, gravitational waves emitted from distant sources have to traverse through regions of spacetime which are far from smooth and homogeneous. We investigate the effect of inhomogeneities on the observables associated with the gravitational wave sources. In particular, we evaluate the impact of inhomogeneities on gravitational wave propagation by employing Buchert's… 
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