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Millisecond Pulsars Dan Stinebring Oberlin College CWRU May 21 2009 George Greenstein Amherst College Discovery of Millisecond Pulsars 1982 Arecibo Observatory Don Backer Sri Kulkarni . Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves as ripples of space-time moving with the speed of light. They are caused when two massive objects, for example neutron stars, are orbiting closely around each other with an incredible speed. . In 1916, the year after the final formulation of the field equations of general relativity, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves. He found that the linearized weak-field equations had wave solutions: transverse waves of spatial strain that travel at the speed of light, generated by time variations of the mass quadrupole moment of the source [1,2]. Einstein understood that gravitational-wave amplitudes would be remarkably small; moreover, until the Chapel Hill conference in 1957 there was significant debate about the physical reality of gravitational waves [3] some history. (based on D. . Kennefick’s. work). Historical tidbits. 1776: Laplace suggests four mechanisms that could explain secular perturbations of Moon-Earth orbit. One the explanations was a non-instantaneous propagation of gravity, affecting the binary system (abandoned because its speed would be too large to be measurable to explain the effect). . (& Gravitons ?). -. Vishal. . Kasliwal. Classical Electromagnetism. Vacuum. Maxwell Field Equations. Light!!. Electromagnetic waves. Quantum Electromagnetism. Hamiltonian of Quantized. Field. where. Presentation for . 11. th. . Amaldi. Conference on Gravitational Waves. By. ASHOK TIWARI . June 25, 2015. Tribhuvan. University, Kathmandu, Nepal. 1. Outline. . Statement of the Problem. Introduction. D.S. . Hajdukovic. GBAR Collaboration Meeting. 18. th. April 2012. Our best physics . The Standard Model of Particles and Fields. +. . General Relativity . is . considered. as insufficient to explain the observed phenomena in Astrophysics and Cosmology.. with a Pulsar . T. iming Array. Lindley . Lentati. Cambridge University . Gravitational Waves. Fluctuations in curvature that propagate at the speed of light. Experiment . in the lab:. Using an accurate clock, record when you measure ticks. . Gravitational Waves. Prediction. General Relativity – 1915. Gravity is not the pulling force envisioned by Kepler or Newton. Space warps around massive objects. Accelerating massive objects could radiate distortions like the wake of a boat. The Search for Gravitational Waves with Advanced LIGO. Tiffany Summerscales, . Andrews University Dept. . of Physics. What are gravitational waves?. Einstein’s theory of General Relativity predicts that mass curves the fabric of . Alexander . Polnarev. QMUL, School of Physics and Astronomy, London, UK. Tarusa. , 10 September 2015. Talk Overview:. Introduction: . Free electrons + Anisotropy = Polarization. The History of Polarization in Cosmology: . -12 . cm. A world-shaking discovery. James Clerk Maxwell. Professor at King’s College. London: 1860 – 1865. Unified theory of electricity and . . magnetism. Predicted electromagnetic waves. Identified light as due to these waves. https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/system/video_items/files/4/EinsteinsMessengerLIGO.mp4?1436490806. 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. : Rainer Weiss - Barry C. . Barish. -Kip S. . Thorne. "for . decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". within 10 milliseconds of one another 150 that indicates a gravitational wave And from that minute change scientists are further able to identify the wave146s source and very broadly where in the univ gravitational. . waves. by. Laser-plasma . interaction. . Hedvika . Kadlecová. . a. , . S. Weber . a. , G. Korn. a . a. . Institute of Physics, v.v.i. ASCR, Na Slovance 1999, Prague, Czech Republic;.