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Originally Posted by xelasnave
Hi Steven
It is so good to have you input meaningful comment and give members a little better understanding of the research.
No doubt you are better placed than most to offer reasons why hunting gravity waves is worthwhile and so I ask could you take the time to share with us if there are any particular expectatuons that it is hoped that this branch of GR may produce.
Alex
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Thanks Alex.
While the technology is still very much in its infancy, the ultimate purpose is to develop gravitational wave astronomy over a wide range of frequencies much like conventional astronomy is done over the electromagnetic spectrum.
Astronomy in the electromagnetic spectrum is limited up to the Cosmic Radiation Background which is an opaque barrier.
Gravitational wave astronomy should allow this barrier to be penetrated and in theory take us back to the inflation era of the Universe which is a source for low frequency gravitational waves.
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