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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves

February 11, 2016 at 1:51 pm

Presumably the 2 independent detector signals can indicate a direction of the event but how do we work out the distance to the black holes and how do we know it was in fact 2 black holes with specific masses?

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Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 3:13 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by brewer - February 9, 2016 at 3:50 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 6:03 pm

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 9, 2016 at 4:16 pm

RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Jackalope - February 9, 2016 at 6:53 pm

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 10, 2016 at 3:55 am

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RE: Brace yourselves for gravitational waves - by Alex K - February 11, 2016 at 10:47 am

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