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I was under the impression that the future of gravity wave observation was goong to be pulsars, telescopes measuring tiny changes in pulsar frequency to detect
by sandworm101 5y ago
I was under the impression that the future of gravity wave observation was goong to be pulsars, telescopes measuring tiny changes in pulsar frequency to detect gravity waves. Doing so means baselines measured not in kilometers but lightyears.
- spartanatreyu 5y agoUsing pulsars to detect gravitational waves can only detect gravitational waves at certain wavelengths. (Kind of like a radio dish being able to pick up radio waves, but not the visible spectrum like a camera) We will need gravitational detectors of different lengths to detect and observe the broad spectrum of gravitational waves.