Re: LIGO and LISA
On Feb 21, 9:11 pm, "TMA" <T...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/ligo_results_030407.html
Looking for gravity waves is like looking for ET's it seems. If these waves
aren't detected within 20 years
it will be a huge blow to relativity.
The above article is 4 years old. I went to a talk by one of the LIGO
scientists last month, and it would seem that LIGO is now operational
at Phase I. This puts it right on the edge of being able to detect
fairly rare events. Phase II should greatly improve the sensitivity,
and there's also a Phase III, IIRC. However, I wouldn't hold your
breath waiting. It could be years before they detect something.
LISA, OTOH, will be much more sensitive, but is still a decade off, if
the politicians don't kill it off in order to get another jock to the
moon.
PJR
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