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As I read it basically the detectors get a lot of noise from the environment and humans being active. Driving to work, doing construction, whatever. It detects
by fred_is_fred 1y ago
As I read it basically the detectors get a lot of noise from the environment and humans being active. Driving to work, doing construction, whatever. It detects the waves better when everyone is asleep. Given this information, it's possible to see a shift in detections when the time changes.
- levocardia 1y agoThen why is't the paper called "LIGO detection probability is affected by daylight savings time"? Cute titles considered harmful.
- potsandpans 1y agoHarmful to who exactly?