Gravitational wave astronomy

Dan G.
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Let's talk about the primary goal of gravitational wave detection: creating a whole new field of gravitational wave astronomy. What are the top 5 areas in which GW astronomy would prove useful vs. traditional photon astronomy or even infrared astronomy?

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Gravitational wave astronomy

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Let's talk about the primary goal of gravitational wave detection: creating a whole new field of gravitational wave astronomy. What are the top 5 areas in which GW astronomy would prove useful vs. traditional photon astronomy or even infrared astronomy?

Cheers!


Maybe this meeting shall answer your question:
MIT December LSC-Virgo meeting
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Dan G.
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Oh yes, I attend most of the

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Oh yes, I attend most of the LSC/LIGO meetings. They serve as a way to keep posted on all that is happening in the world of gravitational wave research. Very exciting field.

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RE: Let's talk about the

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Let's talk about the primary goal of gravitational wave detection: creating a whole new field of gravitational wave astronomy. What are the top 5 areas in which GW astronomy would prove useful vs. traditional photon astronomy or even infrared astronomy?

Cheers!


In a light-hearted spirit, and one at a time (i.e. one per post), and not necessarily in order:

- local rate of NS-NS and NS-BH mergers (and BH-BH mergers too?).

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This summary is from the

This summary is from the December issue of CERN Courier. Unluckily, there is no mention of Einstein@home:
GW research cooperation
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I am wondering wether a

I am wondering wether a successful detection of a gravitational wave is going to change anything soon. We still are not able to detect the wave itself, only the reaction it is causing. Furthermore we are waiting for years not to detect a single wave.
To really open the gate to a new era we have to be able to detect the waves themselves. I don't see how the detection of a wave by Einstein@home is going to change anything on that problem except that we then at least know a bit more and increased founding in that area maybe. Which actually would be quite a lot already.

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RE: I am wondering wether a

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I am wondering wether a successful detection of a gravitational wave is going to change anything soon. We still are not able to detect the wave itself, only the reaction it is causing. Furthermore we are waiting for years not to detect a single wave.
To really open the gate to a new era we have to be able to detect the waves themselves. I don't see how the detection of a wave by Einstein@home is going to change anything on that problem except that we then at least know a bit more and increased founding in that area maybe. Which actually would be quite a lot already.


Here is a nice summary article on the "state-of-the-art".

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MIT meeting program:MIT One

MIT meeting program:
MIT
One of the speakers is named Giovanni Prodi. I had a math professor at Trieste of that name, but he was the oldest of the Prodi brothers/professors and cannot be him. Maybe a relative?
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I hope this isn't something

I hope this isn't something already posted, but...

Awhile back I read something about a new GW proposal that used satellites and laser beams between them to detect gravity waves. I do not remember much about it, but is E@h going to tackle that data as well if it is ever funded and launched into orbit?


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RE: I hope this isn't

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I hope this isn't something already posted, but...

Awhile back I read something about a new GW proposal that used satellites and laser beams between them to detect gravity waves. I do not remember much about it, but is E@h going to tackle that data as well if it is ever funded and launched into orbit?

That's sounds like LISA, Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, a joint NASA-ESA project.
http://www.esa.int/esaSC/120376_index_0_m.html

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Here's another link, this one

Here's another link, this one from NASA

http://lisa.nasa.gov/

The launch is scheduled to be in 2015, and the three spacecraft will need an additional 13 months to reach their operational positions. Add several more months for testing, calibrating etc, so the first batch of data from LISA might not be available until 2016-2017. LISA is one of the bigger, more expensive missions, so any budget cuts might further delay the project, especially since it will compete for resources with the more prestigious "Return to the Moon" program by that time.

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