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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on January 14, 2010, 01:40

Title: Pulsar watchers race for gravity waves
Post by: sam on January 14, 2010, 01:40

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100113/full/463147a.html?s=news_rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Frss%2Fmost_recent+(NatureNews+-+Most+recent+articles)

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Aided by the Universe's best celestial clocks, radio astronomers are embarking on a search for the almost-imperceptible stretching of the fabric of space by gravitational waves — predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity but not yet detected directly. The approach is competing with more elaborate and expensive approaches to gravitational wave detection.

Title: Re: Pulsar watchers race for gravity waves
Post by: Clive on January 14, 2010, 09:23

We are having a talk on this very subject next month.   :D

Title: Re: Pulsar watchers race for gravity waves
Post by: sam on January 14, 2010, 13:29

who by?

Title: Re: Pulsar watchers race for gravity waves
Post by: Clive on January 14, 2010, 17:58

Dr Stephen Fairhurst of Cardiff University.  It will be his first visit. 

Title: Re: Pulsar watchers race for gravity waves
Post by: sam on January 15, 2010, 00:49

hope it goes well!

Title: Re: Pulsar watchers race for gravity waves
Post by: Clive on January 15, 2010, 09:33

Hope it doesn't snow!