It’s official, gravitational waves have been identified – News Eco .com

Published February 14, 2016 at 4 hours 10 min (Updated February 14, 2016 to 4 hours 15 min) Nathalie Balbin

Albert Einstein would probably be proud to learn that he was a talented scientist, as he discovered gravitational waves 100 years ago. It took a century for scientists to identify their

Albert Einstein would probably be proud to learn that he was a scientific talented because he was able to discover gravitational waves 100 years ago. It took a century for researchers identify in turn

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100 years to find that Albert Einstein was a genius

information is gratifying, but it can also be demoralizing, because Albert Einstein intelligence beyond comprehension. Indeed, it was not until 100 years to discover that the theses of this renowned scientist were real. At the end of 2015, some rumors regarding identification by the LIGO, but further analysis was needed. The file was not taken lightly, as it required a final confirmation. The date of 11 January was therefore widely expected by scientists who have been filled.

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the LIGO has identified gravitational waves

it’s official, gravitational waves exist and they have been detected for the first time by the LIGO. Remember, they are created when moving an object whose mass is high. In comparison, the phenomenon is similar to a stone sent in water. These observed gravitational waves were caused by the collision of two black holes. These disturbances of space-time are crucial as they will allow the study of many unsolved mysteries

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Two detectors have observed these disturbances almost simultaneously

This discovery is the result of an international collaboration in which Italian researchers, french, German and American had the privilege to participate. Gravitational waves were observed by the LIGO detectors that is installed in the United States. It consists of two detectors which are located at 3000 km from each other, and yet they have the same disturbances observed almost simultaneously. Indeed, one was installed in Louisiana and the second is still on American soil, but on the side of Washington. The discovery is paramount and researchers should definitely be rewarded. According to rumors, the scientists who participated in the identification would be nominated for a Nobel Prize

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understanding black holes

for this discovery, physicists have determined that gravitational waves detected in September were formed at the last split second before the merger of two black holes, very dense objects still mysterious. The possibility of a collision between such bodies had been predicted by Einstein but this phenomenon, extreme example of gravity, had never been observed.

According to the theory of relativity, a pair of holes black in orbit one around the other loses energy, producing gravitational waves. It is these waves that were detected 14 September 2015 at exactly 4:51 p.m. GMT, an incredible time, said David Reitze, “I could not believe it, it was too good to be true”

data analysis has determined that these two black holes merged there are about 1.3 billion years. They were 29 and 36 times more massive than our Sun, a diameter of only 150 km. Comparing the time of arrival of gravitational wave detectors in both Ligo, 3,000 kilometers distant from each other (7.1 milliseconds apart), and study the characteristics of the measured signals have confirmed detection .

It is known that the source of these waves was located in the southern hemisphere of the sky but more detectors would have enabled a more precise location. “The first applications we see now are for black holes, because they do not emit light and we could not have seen without gravitational waves,” said astrophysicist David Shoemaker, head of Ligo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), noting that it is still unclear how these objects, which are at the center of virtually all galaxies grow.

Observe the phenomena of the cosmos the most violent and fundamental

As such, “gravitational waves may help explain the formation of galaxies,” thinks David Shoemaker.

“gravity is the force that controls universe and being able to see its radiation allows us to observe the phenomena of the most violent and fundamental cosmos, which are almost unobservable otherwise, “Tuck nodded Stebbins, head of the gravitational Astrophysics laboratory at Goddard NASA .

the ability to detect these waves traveling undisturbed for billions of years makes it possible to trace the first millisecond of the Big Bang.

This discovery sparked praise in the world scientific sphere

Among these physics Professor Tom McLeish, of the Royal Society in London and Durham University, said the ad made him “head spin with delight “.

” the latest announcement of this importance dates back to 1888, when Heinrich Hertz detected radio waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetism in 1865, “he wrote.

an indirect proof of the existence of gravitational waves was generated by the discovery in 1974 of a pulsar and a neutron star rotating around each other at high speed, by Russel Hulse and Joseph Taylor. This earned them the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1993.