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Offline Orstio

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"Listen, two black holes are clashing!"
« on: November 27, 2004, 03:22:06 AM »
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Since last week, Professor Giorgio Frossati of Leiden University's Institute of Physics can 'listen' to gravitational waves. That is, if such a wave happens to come along. Gravitational waves originate from violent clashes between black holes in the universe and from instabilities in neutron stars.



This could be some exciting technology.
« Last Edit: August 13, 2005, 06:04:16 AM by Astronuc »

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Re: ‘Listen, two black holes are clashing!’
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2004, 05:13:11 AM »
all this copper! looks like something from late 19th century :)

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Re: ‘Listen, two black holes are clashing!’
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2004, 06:58:51 AM »
I suppose it'll help out in some particle accelerator experiments: They've been trying to make and/or detect sub-atomic black-holes for years.

 

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