Astropulse – any value to E@H Scientists ?
16 Aug 2008 10:37:59 UTC
Topic 193862
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Howdy All,
I don’t know why but, this newer Astropulse app has piqued my interest.
So, for the first time in many years I have connected Boinc to S@H.
I set it to Astropulse only and, they have promptly sent me 3 AP units
to work on. Estimated run time on my 2.4ghz AMD is 116 hours each.
I was thinking that, maybe the detection of previously unknown Pulsars
( if AP can do that ) __would be of interest to the E@H Boffins.
But, what do I know.
Bill
In Minnesota USA.
Astropulse – any value to E@H Scientists ?
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I guess I’m not really expecting Dr. Allen or Herr Machenschalk to come on here
and say Astropulse ain’t worth a Blankedy Blank_ Blank and,
Real men only run S5R4 _________ but, it would be fun !
Bill
On the chance of me being
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On the chance of me being ignorant and publicly proving myself (like that hasn´t happened before... :D ::shrugs::), I believe the interferometric detectors utilize laser interferometry to ¨search¨ for waves while astropulse (or Seti in general really) processes radio signals. I don´t believe the two are or can be convergent.
It might be that Astropulse
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It might be that Astropulse discovers a pulsar that turns out to emit grvitational waves, too. This might serve as a target for a specific targeted search (which Einstein@home does not perform) or a verification for a GW source that Einstein@home has found. Chances for this are IMHO rather low, though.
BM
BM
I stand corrected, thanks
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I stand corrected, thanks Bernd.
¨Astropulse is capable of detecting pulsars, but is unlikely to find any new ones.¨