petemcewan   27 #1 Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) BEC ,  Found in space. Step in the direction of discovering Gravitational Waves. Edited October 18, 2018 by petemcewan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Marx   10 #2 Posted October 18, 2018 I heard one of the scientists talking about it today on Radio 4, how they had to miniaturise everything and then put it in Space and it worked. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
petemcewan   27 #3 Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) Marx, The full description is to be found in : Nature-( Paper).   https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0605-1  But one has to stump up £185 (subscription ).  Miniaturisation was the revolution in electronics.Maybe miniaturisation will revolutionise astrophysics. Edited October 19, 2018 by petemcewan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Dromedary   166 #4 Posted October 19, 2018 Miniaturisation was the revolution in electronics.  Glad you put was as there is not much time left before it all hits a dead end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
ads36 Â Â 214 #5 Posted October 19, 2018 i thought that they'd *made* the condensate, not found it... Â and i thought gravity waves had already been detected, by LIGO ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stifflersmom   11 #6 Posted October 19, 2018 BEC , Found in space. Step in the direction of discovering Gravitational Waves.  The existence of gravitational waves has, of course, already been proved. What the BEC research opens up is possible new ways of detecting them in space, without the gravity complications associated with earth bound experiments. there are also plans for space based interferometry measurements which will enable a much larger region of space to be monitored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
petemcewan   27 #7 Posted October 19, 2018 ads36,  Yes, you are right. They brewed it up in the rocket ship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Ghozer   112 #8 Posted October 19, 2018 Old news..  The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 2001 for the discovery of BEC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
petemcewan   27 #9 Posted October 19, 2018 Science as usual.   https://www.quantamagazine.org/strange-noise-in-gravitational-wave-data-sparks-debate-20170630/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...