# What are the implications of the LIGO results in reference to our current Cosmological models?

I was looking for some explicit information on the implications of the LIGO results or probing eras prior to the or near to the Big Bang singularity.

So, my question is therefore, what, if any, are the implications of the LIGO results or probing the very earliest (and then some) epochs in our Universe's history? And are there further future implications of using gravitational wave detection for testing our current cosmological theories?

In terms of what might be fund from these waves - hopefully somebody that knows a bit more will answer. There appear to be many possible competing mechanisms that kick in as the universe rolls out of its inflationary phase, including phase transitions, cosmic strings and others. The universe will be transparent to such waves, so they would travel to us unimpeded, but redshifted. Back of the envelope calculations based on the horizon scale of the universe suggest that LISA would be sensitive to waves produce between $10^{-18}$ and $10^{-10}$ s after the big bang (source: the eLISA white paper).