If they've got late inspiral, merger and ring down to Kerr state consistently on two detectors at better than five sigma then that's a good catch first up. From memory they were only expecting a couple of BH-BH mergers per year.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I think it will be something like the Higgs Boson announcement, in that they have found something, but not quite sure what it is yet. They need ongoing PR to keep the funding up.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
The PR on the BBC in Britain was good but sadly there was no mention of Boinc or the great contribution made by so many people who have freely given valuable computing cycles and made the discovery more swift. This in my mind is a missed opertunity to recrute new people who would contribute.
The PR on the BBC in Britain was good but sadly there was no mention of Boinc or the great contribution made by so many people who have freely given valuable computing cycles and made the discovery more swift. This in my mind is a missed opertunity to recrute new people who would contribute.
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Did Einstein@Home play any role in this? No, it didn’t.
From the article about it on the E@H home page.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
Gravitational waves rumours re-sparked amid countdown to officia
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Oooook ! Said a certain orangutan/librarian ... :-))
Three thoughts :
- thankfully the suspense will be short.
- if yes, mega whoopee ! :-)
- and then sheesh, we are are gunna get inundated here folks ! :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Lisa Pathfinder was launched
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Lisa Pathfinder was launched by ESA atop an Italian built Vega launcher and is now at Lagrange point 1 undergoing tests.
Tullio
If they've got late inspiral,
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If they've got late inspiral, merger and ring down to Kerr state consistently on two detectors at better than five sigma then that's a good catch first up. From memory they were only expecting a couple of BH-BH mergers per year.
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
I think it will be something
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I think it will be something like the Higgs Boson announcement, in that they have found something, but not quite sure what it is yet. They need ongoing PR to keep the funding up.
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
The PR on the BBC in Britain
)
The PR on the BBC in Britain was good but sadly there was no mention of Boinc or the great contribution made by so many people who have freely given valuable computing cycles and made the discovery more swift. This in my mind is a missed opertunity to recrute new people who would contribute.
RE: The PR on the BBC in
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From the article about it on the E@H home page.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.