By the way, gravitational waves were the topic of my dissertation so feel free to ask any question about the topic. It is very fascinating.
On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com> wrote: > It opens a complete different window on the Universe. > The analogy that is often given is imagine the cosmic show is like a TV > show. Until now we had video but not audio. Finally we turned the audio on. > Gravitational waves are a different but complementary way to observe the > universe. > We already learning things we could not learn before just using EM > radiation. For example that there are black holes systems with such large > masses. > This has consequences in terms of galaxy evolution and how stars were > formed. > And this is just the beginning. > The ultimate price is when we will see the gravitational waves from Big > Bang. > While the Microwave Cosmic Background tell us abut the universe at a very > early stage (500 K years) we cannot receive any earlier information about > the universe using EM radiation. > The equivalent gravitational wave background when detected will tells > information from a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Only > gravitational radiation can give us a picture of the universe that early. > > Also information from events like the one just observed eventually would > give us clues on how gravity and quantum mechanics work together. > The consequences of this discovery are enormous. > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 8:22 PM, Russ George <russ.geo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> It seems the announcement of showing gravity waves are real is only of >> value to obscure academic discussions. Unless someone here might illuminate >> us about some practical derivatives that might be revealed due to the >> findings. >> > >
