Official Press Conference on Gravitational Wave Detectors: Answers to All Your Questions This Thursday
This Thursday, at 18.30 Moscow time, there will be a press conference of the LIGO scientific collaboration dedicated to the progress in detecting gravitational waves.
A message with details about the upcoming message appeared on the official page of the collaboration. It is also planned to broadcast live on Youtube , and on Google Hangouts, where you can ask any questions to scientists and get detailed answers.
The existence of gravitational waves was predicted by Einstein 100 years ago, and indirectly observed by Khals and Taylor in the study of the dynamics of the pulsar PSR B1913 + 16 (for which the Nobel Prize was awarded in 1993). Direct observation of gravitational waves will not only be a direct proof of the General Theory of Relativity, but also open up opportunities for gravitational-wave astronomy: direct observation of the dynamics of black hole systems, neutron stars and other objects inaccessible to modern astronomy.
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Updating the LIGO gravitational-wave detector last year increased its sensitivity by an order of magnitude, and scientists will announce the results of the first observation cycle, which ended before the new year, possibly shedding light on the rumors of an already completed detection.
Stay tuned!
UPD There is a new link to live broadcast from Washington.
A message with details about the upcoming message appeared on the official page of the collaboration. It is also planned to broadcast live on Youtube , and on Google Hangouts, where you can ask any questions to scientists and get detailed answers.
The existence of gravitational waves was predicted by Einstein 100 years ago, and indirectly observed by Khals and Taylor in the study of the dynamics of the pulsar PSR B1913 + 16 (for which the Nobel Prize was awarded in 1993). Direct observation of gravitational waves will not only be a direct proof of the General Theory of Relativity, but also open up opportunities for gravitational-wave astronomy: direct observation of the dynamics of black hole systems, neutron stars and other objects inaccessible to modern astronomy.
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Updating the LIGO gravitational-wave detector last year increased its sensitivity by an order of magnitude, and scientists will announce the results of the first observation cycle, which ended before the new year, possibly shedding light on the rumors of an already completed detection.
Stay tuned!
UPD There is a new link to live broadcast from Washington.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/390333/
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