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Post by Torin on Jun 17, 2011 16:56:51 GMT
Hey Higher Ground, want to help us in Hanover/Germany to find some gravitational waves? Check it out at: einstein.phys.uwm.edu/It's geeky, cool, and looks good. Your Torin |
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Post by nataani on Jun 18, 2011 23:03:01 GMT
Very cool!
I signed up to Einstein and SETI.
Are you actually part of the research program?
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Post by Torin on Jun 19, 2011 5:32:36 GMT
Are you actually part of the research program? I'm a physicist in Hanover but not involved directly in this project. I work from time to time with some of the people, oh, and write some parts of proposals for them. And I'm a fan! Added SETI too. |
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Post by FunkySwerve on Jun 19, 2011 6:17:28 GMT
You're gonna lead them right to us. Haven't you watched any invasion movies? Sheesh.  Funky |
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Post by Torin on Jun 25, 2011 8:53:35 GMT
Removed SETI. Full CPU time for more scientific work.
And also: SETI, active SETI, METI, the "you gonna lead Aliens to us"-argument is very seriously discussed in that community it seams. The policy is "better not send". Scary.
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Post by FunkySwerve on Jun 25, 2011 15:06:36 GMT
Removed SETI. Full CPU time for more scientific work. And also: SETI, active SETI, METI, the "you gonna lead Aliens to us"-argument is very seriously discussed in that community it seams. The policy is "better not send". Scary. I was joking, but Hawking lent a lot of credibility to that viewpoint. For myself, I wouldn't think it was such a great idea if I thought it likely there was anyone in the neighborhood. Funky |
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Post by Eblis on Oct 19, 2011 15:17:51 GMT
A fellow physicist from Cologne hereby joins your efforts, cool stuff!
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Post by Torin on Oct 19, 2011 15:30:22 GMT
A fellow physicist from Cologne hereby joins your efforts, cool stuff! Hey, you are awesome! |
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Post by Torin on Feb 11, 2016 20:00:05 GMT
Looks like gravitational waves have been found. Hurray!
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Post by Twilight Semner on Feb 11, 2016 20:11:51 GMT
It only took 2 black holes with the combined mass of 50 suns colliding 3 billion years ago. Who knew it could be so simple?!
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Feb 11, 2016 20:52:53 GMT
3 billion years ago? The publication said 1.3 billion years ago.
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Post by Twilight Semner on Feb 11, 2016 20:58:37 GMT
It's possible the article I read had the wrong figure. What's 1.7 billion years between friends, really?
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Post by Werehound Silverfang on Feb 12, 2016 0:21:56 GMT
According to LIGO's publications:
Two black holes, with 36 and 29 solar masses, merged in the direction of the Magellanic Cloud region 1.3 billion light years away. The moment of merging released 3 solar masses worth of energy in the form of gravitational waves (gravitational waves are released as two massive objects orbit around each other "dragging through" space time, hence the orbital decay of massive bodies), and the resulting black hole has roughly 62 solar masses. For a brief instant, the merger was releasing more energy than the rest of the entire universe.
Also, the sensitivity of Advanced LIGO is stupidly extreme. What they're doing is like shining a laser at a target three (3) light years distant and hitting it and being off by no more than the width of a human hair.
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