Gravitational waves, on the verge of discovery could revolutionize the universe studies – The Messenger

Continue the rumors about the possible discovery of gravitational waves, “vibrations” of space-time that could revolutionize the way we study the universe, confirming Einstein’s theory of relativity. But for now the only certainty is the announcement of a press conference on gravitational waves for Thursday, February 11, with two events held simultaneously in the United States, in Washington, and in Italy, in Cascina (Pisa), where l ‘ Virgo interferometer.

the news was announced tonight the international partnerships LIGO and Virgo. Meanwhile, the “rumors” add an email Clifford Burgess, Canadian McMaster University theoretical physicist, over on Twitter, and recovery from an article published in Science Magazine signed by Adrian Cho. On the discovery that would have been obtained from LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory), however, there are no official confirmation. “The rumors seem to be true of Ligo – Burgess wrote in an email – and they should be published in Nature on 11 February (no doubt press release), so keep your eyes open.”

The rumors would come from a “mole” through a confidential email sent to the Canadian researcher who in turn would be sent to colleagues and students and among them probably the one who then spread on Twitter. According to reports the two LIGO interferometers would see gravity waves generated by the “fusion” of two blacks holes, one with a mass 36 times that of the Sun and one of 29. The signals, explains Burgess, would be “spectacular” and would a high value of “certainty” statistics, 5.1 sigma. This new rumor is added to that always appeared a little less than a month ago appeared on the same company where Lawrence Krauss, cosmologist at the University of ‘Arizona, essayist and journalist, wrote: “My first rumors of Ligo have been confirmed by independent sources . Stay tuned! Gravitational waves may have been uncovered !! Exciting. “

See the gravitational waves could completely revolutionize the way in which we study the universe and why there are many projects and experiments that hunt them: the two huge Ligo antennas made in the United States in ‘sphere of international collaboration is also involved Italy with Virgo antenna, Cascina, and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), until the creation of a super telescope “gravitational” in space that could arise from work Lisa Pathfinder mission of the European Space Agency (Esa). Why the expectations are very high, so much so that both Nature Science that had bet earlier this year that 2016 would be the good one, but at the moment it is just rumors and official confirmations there are none.