I watched the video. It’s a spectacular discovery, no doubt. But the next day, the headlines in the non-technical press were all about how we can now “hear” the universe. The parlor trick the scientists did for the press conference was what lead the news. I don’t know which side the face-palm should be on.
> On Feb 11, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Tom Van Baak <[email protected]> wrote: > > It was a 20 ms space-time event; detected on September 14, 2015. > > (1) For those of you who haven't been following any of this, start here: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational-wave_astronomy > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIGO > > (2) Official press release: > > "LIGO Detected Gravitational Waves from Black Holes" > http://www.ligo.org/news/detection-press-release.pdf > > https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/detection > > (3) Articles with technical content: > > "Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein's Prediction" > https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/news/ligo20160211 > > "Einstein's gravitational waves found at last" > http://www.nature.com/news/einstein-s-gravitational-waves-found-at-last-1.19361 > > "IT'S OFFICIAL: Gravitational waves have been detected, Einstein was right" > http://www.sciencealert.com/live-update-big-gravitational-wave-announcement-is-happening-right-now > > "Gravity waves from black holes verify Einstein's prediction" > https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gravity-waves-black-holes-verify-einsteins-prediction > > "Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein's prediction" > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/02/160211103935.htm > > > (4) The paper itself: > > https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-P150914/public > > https://dcc.ligo.org/public/0122/P150914/014/LIGO-P150914%3ADetection_of_GW150914.pdf > > https://ia601500.us.archive.org/25/items/PhysRevLett.116.061102/PhysRevLett.116.061102.pdf > > /tvb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Van Baak" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 8:00 AM > Subject: [time-nuts] LIGO detects gravitational waves > > > From the live stream (https://youtu.be/c7293kAiPZw) > Announced a couple of minutes ago > Screen captures attached > The ultimate time nuts relativity experiment... > > /tvb > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
