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New Gravitational Wave signal
September 27, 2017 at 5:13 pm
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For the first time, a detection of grav. waves from merging black holes at three simultaneous detectors has been announced today after the italian VIRGO machine had joined the two LIGO detectors in Louisiana and Washington a while ago. The third detector not only improves sensitivity but has allowed a 10x more precise determination of the source region on the sky. This should bolster the team's chances for this year's Nobel which will be announced soon.
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RE: New Gravitational Wave signal
September 27, 2017 at 6:03 pm
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The ability to detect such things never ceases to amaze me.
I'm looking forward to something from the LZ project (or any project with similar goals) - now that would be really amazing, to me at least. I've been accused of being easily amused before.
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RE: New Gravitational Wave signal
September 27, 2017 at 7:20 pm
Cool, surfs up. Where the hell is my hoverboard?
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RE: New Gravitational Wave signal
September 27, 2017 at 7:27 pm
Alex, what's this new thing they built in Germany?
A different type of particle collider?
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RE: New Gravitational Wave signal
September 27, 2017 at 7:37 pm
'Gravitational Wave Signal' would be a cool name for a band.
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RE: New Gravitational Wave signal
September 27, 2017 at 8:01 pm
CERN or LIGO/VIRGO may be the first groups to receive a Nobel Prize.
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RE: New Gravitational Wave signal
September 27, 2017 at 8:28 pm
Is this the episode where Kirk meets Joan Collins?
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