RE: Science Porn
June 23, 2017 at 8:40 am
(This post was last modified: June 23, 2017 at 9:20 am by Anomalocaris.)
(June 22, 2017 at 11:52 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: I'm wondering if the differences in the rate of time passing by for 4 widely separated atomic clocks caused by a gravitational wave passing by them could be detected. Depending on where the wave(s) originated, it would impinge on the 4 clocks at different times, so they would briefly and sequentially go out of sync as the wave passed each clock and affected each one in turn by changing the rate at which time passed.
Perhaps gravity waves will register as a predictable pattern of spurious movements by stationary gps devices as the wave passes the satellites and momentarily distort the clock and timing signal of each in turn as it passes. Although the GPS device would probably have to have the ability to resolve spatial position with time granularity on the order of milliseconds as any gravity wave would sweep over the entire satellite constellation in ~1/10 of second.